Webster's Dictionary 1913

2593

Foh

Foh (?), interj. [Cf. Faugh.] An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fie. Shak.

2594

Fohist

Fo″hist (?), n. A Buddhist priest. See Fo.

2595

Foible

Foi″ble (?), a. [OF. foible. See Feeble.] Weak; feeble. Lord Herbert.

2596

Foible (2)

Foi″ble (?), n. 1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. De Quincey.2...

2597

Foil

Foil (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Foiled (foild); p. pr. & vb. n.Foiling.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one's feet, to press, oppress. See Full, v. t.] 1. To tread under f...

2598

Foil (2)

Foil, v. t. [See 6th File.] To defile; to soil.

2599

Foil (3)

Foil, n. 1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. Milton.Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. Dryden.2. A blunt weapon used in fenci...

2600

Foil (4)

Foil, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille, fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. �, and perh. to E. blade. Cf. Foliage, Folio.] 1. A leaf or ve...

2601

Foilable

Foil″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being foiled.

2602

Foiler

Foil″er (?), n. One who foils or frustrates. Johnson.

2603

Foiling

Foil″ing, n.(Arch.) A foil. Simmonds.

2604

Foiling (2)

Foil″ing, n. [Cf. F. foulées. See 1st Foil.] (Hunting) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.

2605

Foin

Foin (foin), n. [F. fouine a marten.] 1. (Zoöl.) 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 we...

2606

Foin (2)

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 thr...

2607

Foin (3)

Foin, v. t. To prick; to st?ng. Huloet.

2608

Foin (4)

Foin, n. A pass in fencing; a lunge. Shak.

2609

Foinery

Foin″er‐y (?), n. Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. Marston.

2610

Foiningly

Foin″ing‐ly (?), adv. With a push or thrust.

2611

Foison

Foi″son (?), n. [F. foison, fr. L. fusio a pouring, effusion. See Fusion.] Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. Lowell.That from the seedness the bare fallow bringsTo teeming foison...

2612

Foist

Foist (foist), n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust.] A light and fast-sailing ship. Beau. & Fl.

2613

Foist (2)

Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n.Foisting.] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or withou...

2614

Foist (3)

Foist, n. 1. A foister; a sharper. B. Jonson.2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. B. Jonson.

2615

Foister

Foist″er (?), n. One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier. Mir. for Mag.

2616

Foistied

Foist″ied (?), a. [See 2d Fust.] Fusty.

2617

Foistiness

Foist″i‐ness (?), n. Fustiness; mustiness.

2618

Foisty

Foist″y (?), a. Fusty; musty. Johnson.

2619

Fold

Fold (fōld), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Folded; p. pr. & vb. n.Folding.] [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Go...