Methinks he is a ruffian in his style, Withouten bands or garters' ornament: He quaffs a cup of Frenchman's Helicon; Then roister doister in his oily terms, Cuts, thrusts, and foins, at whomsoever he meets, And strews about Ram-Alley meditations.

Once when I had a quarrel with one of my lady Veritas' naked knaves, and had 'ppointed him the field, I conveyed into the heart of my buckler an adamant, and when we met, I drew all the foins of his rapier, whithersoever he intended them, or howsoever I guided mine arm, pointed still to the midst of my buckler, so that by this means I hurt the knave mortally, and myself came away untouched, to the wonder of all the beholders.

V. give an impetus &c n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin

[Vergil]; look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin

[Lat.]; what's the good!, Phr. actum ne agas [Lat.]; chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [Fr.]; tanto buon che val niente

Dix quintaux de blé, de foin = 10 quintals of grain, of hay.)

He generally held his court on the Port-au-Foin, where he sat on his throne dressed in a mantle made of a thousand pieces.

But in dumb surliness, each arm'd with care His foe profess'd, as brother of the war: Then both, no moment lost, at once advance Against each other, arm'd with sword and lance: They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corslets and the thinnest parts explore.

Le garçon, lui faisant observer qu'un cheval ne mange pas d'huîtres, et qu'il vaudrait mieux lui donner une botte de foin: "Faites ce que je vous dis, et vous verrez," dit le voyageur.

FOIN, m., herbe fauchée et séchée pour la nourriture des animaux domestiques.

FOURRAGE, m., herbe, paille, foin, pour la nourriture des bestiaux.

O their things are out, help, help for Gods sake, Madam; Jesus they foin at one another.

Foin du cimier!

On inquiry from the guide it was ascertained that the easternmost of these was the main Metis, the other the Mistigougeche (Riviere au Foin).

From the last feature it was ascertained that both lake and river take their epithet of Grassy (Riviere an Foin, and, in Indian, of Mistigougeche, or Grassy Lake).