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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To prick; to stng. [Obs.] Huloet.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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