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Webster 1913 Edition
Feint
Feint
,Adj.
Feigned; counterfeit.
[Obs.]
Dressed up into any
feint
appearance of it. Locke.
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
,Verb.
I.
To make a feint, or mock attack.
Webster 1828 Edition
Feint
FEINT
,Noun.
1.
An assumed or false appearance; a pretense of doing something not intended to be done.Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.
2.
A mock attack; an appearance of aiming at one part when another is intended to be struck. In fencing, a show of making a thrust at one part, to deceive an antagonist, when the intention is to strike another part.FEINT
,Adj.