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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Foin \Foin\ (foin), n. [F. fouine a marten.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The beech marten ({Mustela foina}). See {Marten}. 2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Obs.] He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins. --Fuller. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Foin \Foin\, v. i. [OE. foinen, foignen; of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. fouiner to push for eels with a spear, fr. F. fouine an eelspear, perh. fr. L. fodere to dig, thrust.] To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [Obs.] He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed. --Spenser. They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. --Dryden. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Foin \Foin\, v. t. To prick; to st?ng. [Obs.] --Huloet. | |
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Foin \Foin\, n. A pass in fencing; a lunge. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
