Foin v. i. To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. (Obs.) " He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed.""They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore."
... refuge, for he did not know where he was to lodge for the night. After the brilliant failure of his first theatrical venture, he dared not return to the lodging which he occupied in the Rue Grenier-sur-l'Eau, opposite to the Port-au-Foin, having depended upon receiving from monsieur the provost for his epithalamium, the wherewithal to pay Master Guillaume Doulx-Sire, farmer of the taxes on cloven-footed animals in Paris, the rent which he owed him, that is to say, twelve sols parisian; twelve ... — Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo
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