foin

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

foin, n. [F. fouine a marten.].

•  The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.  [1913 Webster]

  " He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins."  [1913 Webster]

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.  [1913 Webster]
" He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed."  [1913 Webster]
"They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore
Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore."  [1913 Webster]

foin, v. t. 

 To prick; to st?ng.  Huloet.  [1913 Webster]

foin, n. 

 A pass in fencing; a lunge.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

foin

Impulse

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.