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
Me silly maid away with him he bare, And ever since hath kept in darksome cave, For that I would not yeeld, that to Sans foy I gave.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund
“A Tres haut et Tres puissant et Redoubte Prince Henry VIII. de ce nom, Roy d'Angleterre, de France, et d'Irlande, defenseur de la foy, Elizabeth, sa Tres humble fille, rend salut et obedience.”
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
En ceste foy je veuil vivre et mourir.
From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire
Si ton amour est fidèle, Aussy est ferme ma foy; Je veux aller après elle.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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