| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The beech marten (Mustela foina).[Websters]
2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Websters] 3. A pass in fencing; a lunge.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge.[Websters]
2. To prick; to st?ng.[Websters] 3. Base verb from the following inflections: foining, foined, foins, foiner, foiners, foiningly and foinedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FOIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1571. (references) |
| Note: Foin \Foin\, transitive verb. To prick; to st?ng. [Obsolete]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FOIN
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To push in fencing.. | 2: [Verb] To prick; to sting. [Not in use.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (archaic) to thrust with a sword; to stab at Late C14: And after þat, wiþ sharpe speres stronge / Þey foynen ech at ooþer wonder longe. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale 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. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
