Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Foy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foy \Foy\, n. [F. foi, old spelling foy, faith. See {Faith}.]
1. Faith; allegiance; fealty. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. A feast given by one about to leave a place. [Obs.]
He did at the Dog give me, and some other friends of
his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day. --Pepys.
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