(Zool.) The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten.
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A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.(Obs.) " He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins."
... was his sole refuge, for he did not know where he was to lodge for the night. After the brilliant failure of his first theatrical venture, he dared not return to the lodging which he occupied in the Rue Grenier-sur-l'Eau, opposite to the Port-au-Foin, having depended upon receiving from monsieur the provost for his epithalamium, the wherewithal to pay Master Guillaume Doulx-Sire, farmer of the taxes on cloven-footed animals in Paris, the rent which he owed him, that is to say, twelve ... — Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo
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