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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fencing, the act of making foins or thrusts with the foil; fencing; sword-play.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Thrusting with the
foil ;fencing with the point of the sword, as distinguished frombroadsword play.
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