Foin Definition

foin
foins
verb
Lunge or thrust, as in fencing.
Webster's New World

(archaic) To prick; to sting.

Wiktionary
noun
A thrust with a pointed weapon.
American Heritage
The beech marten (Mustela foina).
Wiktionary

A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.

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Origin of Foin

  • Middle English foinen from foin a thrust from Old French foine pitchfork from Latin fuscina three-pronged fish spear

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French foene, from Latin fuscina (“trident”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French fouine (“a marten”).

    From Wiktionary

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