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Webster 1913 Edition

Foin

Foin

(foin)
,
Noun.
[F.
fouine
a marten.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.

Foin

,
Verb.
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.

Foin

,
Verb.
T.
To prick; to st?ng.
[Obs.]
Huloet.

Foin

,
Noun.
A pass in fencing; a lunge.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foin

FOIN

,
Verb.
T.
[L. pungo. The sense is to push, thrust, shoot.]
1.
To push in fencing.
2.
To prick; to sting. [Not in use.]

FOIN

,
Noun.
A push; a thrust.

Definition 2024

fóin

fóin

See also: foin

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

fóin m

  1. inflection of fón ‎(“phone”):
    1. vocative singular
    2. genitive singular
    3. nominative plural
    4. dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fóin fhóin bhfóin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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