foisil

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus.

Noun

foisil oblique singularm (oblique plural foisiz or foisilz, nominative singular foisiz or foisilz, nominative plural foisil)

  1. flint (piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark)

Descendants

  • French: fusil

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (foisil)