Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foin \Foin\, v. t.
To prick; to st?ng. [Obs.] --Huloet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foin \Foin\, n.
A pass in fencing; a lunge. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foin \Foin\ (foin), n. [F. fouine a marten.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The beech marten ({Mustela foina}). See
{Marten}.
2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken
from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Obs.]
He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and
faced with foins. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foin \Foin\, v. i. [OE. foinen, foignen; of uncertain origin;
cf. dial. F. fouiner to push for eels with a spear, fr. F.
fouine an eelspear, perh. fr. L. fodere to dig, thrust.]
To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [Obs.]
He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed.
--Spenser.
They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore
Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore.
--Dryden.
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