Definition of Foyles

1. foyle [v] - See also: foyle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foyles

foxtail millet
foxtail orchid
foxtails
foxtrot
foxtrots
foxtrotted
foxtrotting
foxy boxing
foy
foyer
foyerlike
foyers
foyle
foyled
foyles (current term)
foyling
foyne
foyned
foynes
foyning
foys
foyson
foysons
fozier
foziest
foziness
fozinesses
fozy
fpm

Literary usage of Foyles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: [1790-1854] by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1864)
"THOMAS foyles. i r. an. A variance between nn account filed to obtain an attachment, and the declaration filed after the defendant appeared and discharged ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"Balance due by James D. Barry to Thomas foyles on settlement, ... Amount of hides and skins received of Mr. Thomas foyles, from the first of April 1817, ..."

3. Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with by Joseph Foster (1902)
"Roll)bore, argent, on a bend cotised azure three six-foyles ... of Boroughbridge 1322, argent three six-foyles gules a bordure vair ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Amount of hides and skins received of Mr. Thomas foyles from the 1st of April, 1817, to this date, say December 27th, 1818: 755 hides at $3.75 per hide, ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"Just seven years ago, and almost by accident, the foyles, one seventeen and ... The foyles do business the world over, and their morning mail averages over ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"21/- foyles (Agents for the publications of the First Edition Club), 121-125, Charing Cross ... foyles can supply it. Catalogues free—mention requirements. ..."

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