foyle
Speech parts
1. foyle - Verb
2. Foyle - Proper noun
Meaning
Foyle
A river in Ireland which forms part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before flowing through Derry (Londonderry) and into Lough Foyle and the Atlantic Ocean.
foyle (third-person singular simple present foyles, present participle foyling, simple past and past participle foyled)
Obsolete spelling of foil
Anagrams
Examples
Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, The stars my destination.
Before leaving Ireland to spread Christianity elsewhere, Colmcille founded a monastery at Derry (which was then called Doire Calgach), on the west bank of the Foyle.
Construction began in 1845 from a temporary station at Cow Market on the City side of the Foyle, reached Strabane in 1847 citation and was extended from Cow Market to its permanent terminus at Foyle Road in 1850.
Herschel and Babbage were present at a celebrated operation of that survey, the remeasuring of the Lough Foyle baseline. citation British Lagrangian School The Analytical Society had initially been no more than an undergraduate provocation.
Following the announcement by Minister for Education, Norma Foyle to reopen schools as normal at the end of August, questions have been asked regarding the logistics of the plans.
From that germ grew the story of Gully Foyle, seeking revenge for his abandonment and causing havoc all about him: a science fiction re-telling of Alexandre Dumas ' The Count of Monte Cristo with teleportation added to the mix.