"foisil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old French]

Forms: foisil oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], foisiz [oblique, plural], foisilz [oblique, plural], foisiz [nominative, singular], foisilz [nominative, singular], foisil [nominative, plural], fuisil [alternative]
Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus. Etymology templates: {{uder|fro|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{uder|fro|la|focus}} Latin focus Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} foisil oblique singular, m (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)
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