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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.

||Fei`tsui" (?), n. (Min.)
The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade.
See Jade.

Feize (?), v. t. See Feeze,
v. t.

Fel"an*ders (?), n. pl. See
Filanders.

{ Feld"spar` (?), Feld"spath` (?) },
n. [G. feldspath; feld field +
spath spar.] (Min.) A name given to a group of
minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of
alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 37) First and Last Things (page 211) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 111)

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