foison

Example Sentences

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‘Nay,’ said Face-of-god, ‘though I have marvelled whence ye gat such foison of silver.’

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

I have foison of this year's fleeces with me.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

Vive, vive Napol�on, Qui nous b�ille D' la volaille, Du pain et du vin � foison.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

So arise, Squire, and take the hounds and come with me; for not far off is a little thicket which mostly harbours foison of deer, great and small. 

From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William

This dragon hath two horrid heads, For forage and for foison; The one's all jaw, and devouring maw, Whilst the other breathes forth poison.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various