feints

plural of feint

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of feint

Noun plural, plural only

  1. The strong spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (strong feints, also foreshot), and the weak spirit produced at the end (weak feints, also tailings or tail).
    • A low-wines still's distilling power cannot be ascertained by the actual bulk of the distillates in strong and weak feints and spirits obtained in a given time, […]. - 1893, John Albert Nettleton, The Manufacture of...

    Related: faints

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feint