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Webster 1913 Edition


Foyson

Foy′son

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Noun.
[Obs.]
See
Foison
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Definition 2024


foyson

foyson

English

Noun

foyson (plural foysons)

  1. Obsolete form of foison.
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Middle English

Noun

foyson (plural foysons)

  1. foison
    • Late 14th century: Fyve þousand folk it was as greet mervaille / Wiþ loves fyve and fisshes two to feede. / God sente his foyson at hir grete neede. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale