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tlie competition of a general hiftory of his own times, in 
Latin, commencing from the war of the emperor Charles 
V. againft the Proteftants. Of this he publiftied, in 1571, 
a fragment, containing the confpiracy of the Fiefchi, the 
alfaflination of Pier-Luigi Farnefe, and the fedition of 
Naples. Other parts apparently belonging to the fame 
work have been feparately printed ; as four books of the 
holy league againli Selim, publiftied by his brother Paul, 
and the pieces on the expedition to Tripoly, to Oran, and 
Tunis, and the fiege of Malta. Other traCts of his, of a 
mifcellaneous nature, are, De Ratione feribendw Hijloria ; 
De Norma Polybiana-, De Caufts Magnitudinis Turcarum 
Imperii ; De Nonnullis in qvibus Plato ab Arijlotele reprehen- 
ditur. The whole of his General Hiftory has never ap¬ 
peared. Meantime he did not forget his own country, 
though it had treated him with fo much rigour; but wrote 
in Latin the Eulogies of the illuftrious Ligurians, 
printed in 1574. About the fame time he wrote three 
books De Lingua Latina Prafantia & Ufa', in which, 
under the form of a dialogue, he difeuffes the queftion 
concerning the propriety of the modern ufe of the Latin > 
tongue, with great elegance, and with all the arguments 
for and againft which have been employed by later writers. 
His lad work was the hiftory of his own country, of which 
he lived to finiftt twelve books, from the foundation of 
Genoa to the year 1527. This was publiftied by his bro¬ 
ther in 1585, under the title of Hijloria Gennenjium, Lib. 
XII. with a fupplement taken from the hiftory of Bonfa- 
dio. Foglietta died at Rome in 1581, at the age of fixty- 
three. His Latin ftyle is pure, and his works are worthy 
to ftand in parallel with thofe of the beft writers of that 
age.—His brother Paul was a man of learning, and a good 
Italian poet. 
FOGLIS'SO, a town of Italy, in the principality of 
Piedmont: five miles north-weft of Chivaftb, and thirteen 
weft of Crefcentino. 
FO'GO, a fmall ifland near the eaft coaft of Newfound¬ 
land. Lat. 50. 2. N. Ion. 54.10. W. Greenwich. 
FOH, interjed. [pah, Sax. an enemy.] An interjection 
of abhorrence : as if one ftiould at the light of any thing 
hated cry out a foe! 
Not to affedt many propofed matches 
Of her own clime, complexion and degree, 
Whereto we lee in all things nature tends, 
Fok! one may fmell in fuch a will mod rank, 
Foul difproportions, thoughts unnatural. Shakefpeare. 
FOHR, or Fo'ra, an ifland of Denmark, near the coaft 
of Slefwick, in the German Ocean, about twelve miles in 
circumference, with a fmall feaport and a Cafe road* for 
fliips; the foil is fertile, and it contains three parilhes. 
Lat. 54. 4. N. Ion. 8. 31. E. Greenwich. 
FOHRN-SEE', a lake of Germany, in the duchy of 
Carinthia, ten miles fouth-eaft of Saxenburg. 
FOI A'NO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, 
and province of Capitanata: twelve miles fouth-weft of 
Manfredonia. 
FOPBLE,/! [French.] A weak fide; a blind fide; a 
failing.—He knew the foibles of human nature. Friend. — 
The witty men fontetimes have fenfe enough to know their 
own foible , and therefore they craftily lltun the attacks of 
argument. Watts. 
To FOIL, v. a. [ajfcler , to wound, old Fr.] To put to 
the word ; to defeat ; though without a complete victory. 
•—In their conflicts with fin, they have been fo often foiled , 
that they now defpair of ever getting the day. Calamy. 
Amazement feiz’d 
The rebel thrones; but greater rage to fee 
Thus foil’d their mightieft. Milton. 
\_Fouiller, Fr.] To blunt; to dull: 
When light-wing’d toys 
Of feather’d Cupid foil with wanton dulnefs, 
My fpeculative and offic’d inftruments. Shakefpeare. 
To defeat; to puzzle.—Whilft I am following one cha- 
Voc. VII. No. 447. 
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raCter, I am crofs’d in my way by another, and put up 
fuch a variety of odd creatures in both fexes, that they 
foil the feent ofone another, and puzzle the cljace. Addifon. 
FOIL,/, [from the verb.] A defeat; a mifearriage; art 
advantage gained without a complete conqueli: 
So after many a foil, the tempter proud, 
Renewing frefh aftaults, amidft his pride, 
Fell whence he flood to fee his viCtor fall. Milton. 
[From feuille, Fr.] Leaf; gilding: 
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, 
Nor in the gliftering/iwY 
Set off to th’ world, nor in broad rumour lies. Milton. 
Something of another colour near which jewels are fet to 
raife their luftre.—’Tis the property of all true diamonds 
to unite the foil clofely to itfelf, and thereby better aug¬ 
ment its luftre : the foil is a mixture of maftich and burnt 
ivory. Grew. 
Like bright metal on a fullen ground, 
My reformation glittering o’er my fault, 
Shall fliew more goodly, and attraCl more eyes, 
Than that which hath no foil to fet it off. Shakefpeare. 
[From fouiller, Fr.] A blunt fword ufed in fencing.— 
See Fencing, in this volume.—He that plays the king 
(hall be welcome; his majefty ftiall have tribute of me: 
the adventurous knight fhall ufe his foil and target. Shake - 
fpeare. ' 
FOIL'ER, f. one who has gained advantage over an¬ 
other. 
FOIL'ING,/ a hunting term ; the foot or tread of a 
deer on the grafs fcarcelv vilible. 
To FOIN, v. n. \_foindre, Fr. Skinner .] To pufh in 
fencing : 
Then both, no moment loft, at once advance 
Againft each other, arm’d with fword and lance : 
They lafh, they foin, they pafs, they ftrive to bore 
Their ©01 (lets, and the thinneft parts explore. Drydcn „ 
FOIN, f. a thruft ; a pufh : 
They move their hands, ftedfaft their feet remain, 
Nor blow, nor foin , they ftruck or thruft, in vain. Fairfax. 
FOI'NARD (Frederic-Maurice), a learned French 
priert, native of Conches, a town of Normandy. He was 
well verfed in the learned languages, particularly the He¬ 
brew ; and for fome time difeharged the duties of reClor 
at Calais. Afterwards he removed to Paris, where he 
filled the pod of vice-principal in the college du Pleftis, 
and died in 1743, when fixty years of age-. He was the 
author of various works, of which thofe molt noted were 
1. Propofals for a new Ecclefiaftical Breviary, umo, 
1720. 2. An Analyfis of the former work, nmo, 1726, 
fartheriiluflrative of the author’s defign, and introductory 
to the next article. 3. B'eviarum Ecclrfaficum, editi jam 
Profpedus ; Exccutionem cxkibcns, in Gratiam Fcdefarum in 
quibus nova facienda erit Brcviarionan Editio, 2 vols. 8vo. 
1726, of which fubfequent writers on the fame fubjeCt 
have conliderably availed themfelves. 4. The Book of 
Genefis, in Latin and French, with an Explication of 
the Literal and of the Spiritual Senfe, founded on the 
Scriptures, and on Tradition, 2 vols. nmo. 1732. 
5. A Key to the Pfalms, fhevving the occafions on which 
they were compofed ; nmo, 1740, introductory to an¬ 
other work publiftied two years afterwards, entitled, 
6. The Pfalms in Hiftorical Order, tranflated from the 
Hebrew, and inferted in the Hiftory of David; to which 
are added prayers at the end of each pfalm, taken from 
ancient MSS. in the Vatican. 
FOIN'INGLY, adv. In a puftiing manner. 
FOI'SON,/. [poipon, Sax.] Plenty; abundance. A 
word out of ufe : 
Pay juftly thy tithes, whatfoever thou be, 
That God may in blefling lend foifon to thee. Tvjfcr. 
FOIS'SY, a town of France, in the department of the 
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