Feint (?), a. [F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.]
Feigned; counterfeit.
[Obs.]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.
Locke.
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Feint, n. [F. 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.
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Feint, v. i.
To make a feint, or mock attack.
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