• (n.) The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten. • (v. i.) To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. • (n.) A pass in fencing; a lunge. • (n.) A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name. • (v. t.) To prick; to st?ng. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/foin/
Foin (foin) noun [ French fouine a marten.] 1. (Zoology) 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. [ Obsolete] « He came to the stake in a ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/53
Foin intransitive verb [ Middle English foinen , foignen ; of uncertain origin; confer dial. French fouiner to push for eels with a spear, from French fouine an eelspear, perhaps from Latin fodere to dig, thrust.] To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [ Obsolete]... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/53