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Definition: FOINERY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Foinery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Foinery \Foin"er*y\, noun. Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. [obsolete]. (references)

Definition: FOINERY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FOINERY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Foinery \Foin"er*y\, noun. Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. [obsolete]. (references)