foisil

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus.

Noun

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foisil oblique singularm (oblique plural foisiz or foisilz, nominative singular foisiz or foisilz, nominative plural foisil)

  1. flint (piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark)

Descendants

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  • French: fusil

References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (foisil)