foy
Americannoun
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Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink.
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faith.
Example Sentences
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The silver trays on foy er tables whitened with visiting cards and notes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Com ha qual embaixada el rey d'Inglaterra mostrou receber grande contentamento, é foy delle com muyta honra recebida, é em tudo fez inteiramente ho que pellos embaixadores lhe foy requerido.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard
En ceste foy je veuil vivre et mourir.
From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire
There was a great foy at Allan's the night before I left Edinburgh.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
Amour qui unyz nous faict uiure, En foy noz cueurs preparera, Qui long temps ne nous pourra suyure, Car la Mort nous separera.
From The Dance of Death by Dobson, Austin
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