foin
See also: fóin
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French foene (“harpoon, fizgig”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fuscina (“trident”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foin (plural foins)
- (archaic) A thrust.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, XII, lv:
- They move their hands, steadfast their feet remain, / Nor blow nor foin they struck or thrust in vain.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, Tasso, XII, lv:
Verb
foin (third-person singular simple present foins, present participle foining, simple past and past participle foined)
- (archaic) To thrust with a sword; to stab at.
- 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff
- These Fastulfrs and Falsts could drink as well as they could foin or fight, and this has also been the case with me.
- (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore / Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore.
- 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff
- (archaic) To prick; to sting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fouine (“a marten”).
Noun
foin (plural foins)
- The beech marten (Martes foina, syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
- A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
- (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins.
- (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French foin, earlier fein, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from *dʰeh₁(y)-
Pronunciation
Noun
foin m (plural foins)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “foin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier fein, from Latin faenum.
Noun
foin oblique singular, m (oblique plural foinz, nominative singular foinz, nominative plural foin)
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