Definition of Fient
Feint (?), a. [F. feint, p. p.
of feindre to feign. See Feign.] Feigned;
counterfeit. [Obs.]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of
it. Locke.
Feint, n. [F. feinte, fr.
feint. See Feint, a.]
1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false
appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Courtley's letter is but a feint to get
off. Spectator.
2. A mock blow or attack on one part when
another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements
in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
Feint, v. i. To make a feint, or
mock attack.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
FEINT. A sham attack on one part, when a real one is meant
at another.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- To make a feint, or mock attack.
- Feigned; counterfeit.
- That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
- A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
- A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
- (fencing) A offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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