To make a feint; make a pretended blow, thrust, or attack at one point when another is intended to be struck, in order to throw an antagonist off his guard.
Counterfeit; seeming; feigned: same as faint, 1.
Same as faint, 2.
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plural See faint, n., 2.
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An assumed or false appearance, or simulation; a pretense of doing something not really done.
noun.
A movement made with the object of deceiving an adversary or throwing him off his guard; an appearance of aiming at one part or point when another is the real object of attack, as in boxing, fencing, battle, or a contest of any kind; a mock attack.