foison

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To this joyous gem Capricorn has added a whole foison of annotations.

From On Something by Belloc, Hilaire

There shall be dearth, and yet so gay the dearth That all the land shall look in holiday With mockery of foison; every field With splendour aflame.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

And where shall he find due foison If e'en bread-and-butter's poison?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, February 4, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

So arise, Squire, and take the hounds and come with me; for not far off is a little thicket which mostly harbours foison of deer, great and small. 

From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William

When we were come to Cyprus," says Joinville, Histoire de Saint Louis, Section 72, 73, "we found there greate foison of the Kynge's purveyance.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.