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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point of the sword, as distinguished from broadsword play..
By chaunce, in Livias modest company; / When, after the god-saving ceremony, / For want of talke-stuffe, fals to foinery; / Out goes his rapier, and to Livia / He shewes the ward by puncta reversa
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Foinery means (obsolete) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point of the sword, as distinguished from broadsword play..
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By chaunce, in Livias modest company; / When, after the god-saving ceremony, / For want of talke-stuffe, fals to foinery; / Out goes his rapier, and to Livia / He shewes the ward by puncta reversa
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