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Definition of 'foin'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) foene, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(label) A thrust.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, lv:
*:They move their hands, steadfast their feet remain, / Nor blow nor foin they struck or thrust in vain.
Verb
( en-verb)
(archaic) To thrust with a sword; to stab at.
* 1976', These ''Fastulfrs'' and ''Falsts'' could drink as well as they could '''foin or fight, and this has also been the case with me. — Robert Nye, ''Falstaff
* Spenser
- He stroke, he soused, he foynd , he hewed, he lashed.
* Dryden
- They lash, they foin , they pass, they strive to bore / Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore.
(archaic) To prick; to sting.
- (Huloet)
Etymology 2
(etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
The beech marten (Mustela foina ).
A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
* Fuller
- He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins .
Anagrams
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Similar to 'foin'fan, fawn, fun, fin, fen, fain, faun, foon, fon, foehn, feen, faan, faaan
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