foin

English

Etymology 1

Old French foene, from Latin fuscina (“trident”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔɪn/

Noun

foin (plural foins)

1. (archaic) A thrust.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lv:

     They move their hands, steadfast their feet remain,

     Nor blow nor foin they struck or thrust in vain.

Verb

foin (third-person singular simple present foins, present participle foining, simple past and past participle foined)

1. (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.

2. (archaic) To prick; to sting.

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Etymology 2

French fouine (“a marten”).

Noun

foin (plural foins)

1. The beech marten (Mustela foina).
2. 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

• fino, info, ONFI

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French

Etymology

Early Old French foin, fein < Latin faenum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

foin m (plural foins)

1. hay

Anagrams

• fion, info

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fain
• fein

Etymology

From Latin faenum.

Noun

foin m (oblique plural foins, nominative singular foins, nominative plural foin)

1. hay

Descendants

• French: foin
• Jèrriais: fain