foin
See also: fóin
English
Etymology 1
From Old French foene (“harpoon, fizgig”), from Latin fuscina (“trident”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔɪn/
Noun
foin (plural foins)
- (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.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of 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, 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.
- (archaic) To prick; to sting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
Noun
foin (plural foins)
- The beech marten (Martes foina, syn. Mustela foina).
- 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?) Fuller
- He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins.
- (Can we date this quote?) Fuller
French
Etymology
From Old French foin, earlier fein, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from *dʰeh₁(y)-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fwɛ̃/
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “foin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Related terms
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