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Definition of Faines
1. faine [v] - See also: faine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faines
Literary usage of Faines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Catalogue of Books: (original and Reprints,) Published in the by James Kelly (1871)
"Folks and faines : Stories for Little Children. By Lucy B. Comfort. Folien.
Eliza L. Well-Spent Hour. Nimo. cl., $1. Boston II. ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1809)
"... in fee which toll en- faines terres ou tenements eft per un lands or tenements
is by another dii- hies* font, ..."
3. Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early by Joseph Ritson, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"Bovet on faines. THE following narratives are taken from a curious little volume
by Richard Bovet, entitled, ..."
4. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1894)
"The (faines was fought until she was found to be in a sinking condition, when
she was run on shore near Fort Morgan. Lieut. Commandant Murphy was closely ..."
5. The Complete Works of Samuel Rowlands, 1598-1628: Now First Collected by Samuel Rowlands, Edmund Gosse, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1880)
"... of your faines, repentance craue, It is the onely way your foules ... leaue his
faines, and to God pray. ..."
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