Fogus, subs. (old).—Tobacco. [Cf., Fogus.] For synonyms, see Weed.
1671. Head, English Rogue, I., v., p. 49 (1874), s.v. 1724. Coles, English Dict., s.v. 1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulg. Tongue. Tip me a gage of fogus.
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 133. A hole in the roof of my cell, through which I handed her plenty of fogus.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, bk. III., ch. v. Troll us a stave, my antediluvian file, and in the meantime tip me a gage [pipe] of fogus, Jerry.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
Foiler, subs. (old).—A thief.
1669. Nicker Nicked, in Harl. Misc. [ed. Park], ii., 108. Given in list of names of thieves.
Foin, verb. (obsolete).—To copulate, i.e., to thrust, to poke (q.v.). Also subs.
1598. Florio, A Worlde of Wordes. Scazzata: A thrust, a push, a foyne, or the serving to a woman of a man’s pricke.
1598. Shakspeare, 2 Henry IV., ii., 4. Thou whoreson little tidy Bartholomew boar pig, when wilt thou leave fighting o’days, and foining o’nights, and begin to patch up thine old body for heaven?