feints

Meanings

Noun

• any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
• plural of feint
• The weak spirit produced at the end of distillation (the weak feints); sometimes also the impure spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (the strong feints), much impregnated with fusel oil.

Verb

• deceive by a mock action
• third-person singular simple present indicative of feint

Synonyms

feint, tailings, tails