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foin

[foin] Archaic.
–noun
1. a thrust with a weapon.
–verb (used without object)
2. to thrust with a weapon; lunge.

Origin:
1325–75; ME (v.), appar. < OF foine fish spear < L fuscina
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foin   (foin)   
intr.v.   foined, foin·ing, foins
To thrust with a pointed weapon.
n.  A thrust with a pointed weapon.

[Middle English foinen, from foin, a thrust, from Old French foine, pitchfork, from Latin fuscina, three-pronged fish spear.]
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