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foin

[ foin ]

noun

  1. a thrust with a weapon.


verb (used without object)

  1. to thrust with a weapon; lunge.

foin

/ fɔɪn /

noun

  1. a thrust or lunge with a weapon


verb

  1. to thrust with a weapon

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Word History and Origins

Origin of foin1

1325–75; Middle English (v.), apparently < Old French foine fish spear < Latin fuscina

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Word History and Origins

Origin of foin1

C14: probably from Old French foine , from Latin fuscina trident

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Example Sentences

The rumor came back to his own district that he was "talkin' foin," and many of his friends there turned out to hear him.

Misther Blake was dhrivin' to church, at about eleven o'clock o' a foin summer's mornin'.

All are gone, an' their foin, splindid houses tumblin' down, an' the people worse off than iver.

He addressed the Duke thus: "Foin de vous, Monseigneur; foin de moi; foin de tous les auditeurs."

He generally held his court on the Port-au-Foin, where he sat on his throne dressed in a mantle made of a thousand pieces.

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