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Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus.
Noun
foisil oblique singular, m (oblique plural foisiz or foisilz, nominative singular foisiz or foisilz, nominative plural foisil)
- flint (piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (foisil)