Definition of "foison" [foi•son]

• Scots Physical strength or power. (noun)
• Archaic A plentiful harvest; abundance. (noun)
• Obsolete Reserves of power; resources. (noun)

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• "I recorded the date of my marriage and the conception of my wife and the birth of my daughter; and from her horoscope I find that her name is conjoined with that of her cousin; 401 and there are damsels in foison for our lord the Sultan.’"
• "And it is almost needless to say that in both _subjects_ for novel treatment "foison," as both French and"
• "The others came back in the eventide, bearing with them foison of blue hare-bells, and telling joyously how they had found them anigh the coppice edge in such a place: and thereafter they were merry, and sang and talked the evening away, and showed"