foison
Americannoun
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abundance; plenty.
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abundant harvest.
noun
Etymology
Origin of foison
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English foisoun, from Middle French foison, from Vulgar Latin fusiō (stem fusiōn- ), from Latin fūsiō (stem fūsiōn- ) “an outpouring, effusion”; see fusion
Example Sentences
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Gray Pelican, poised where yon broad shallows shine, Know'st thou, that finny foison all is mine In the bag below thy beak — yet thine, not less?
From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney
This dragon hath two horrid heads, For forage and for foison; The one's all jaw, and devouring maw, Whilst the other breathes forth poison.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various
And where shall he find due foison If e'en bread-and-butter's poison?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, February 4, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
The king, dear son, so good and wise, Has gone from earth and gained the skies, Leaving to thee, her rightful lord, This rich wide land with foison stored.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
He reads our earth, cloudscape, landscape, season, foison, man and beast of the field, with the same wistfulness which women who have known sorrow exhibit for children who have not.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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