Feint /(?)/

Feint

a.
  1. Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]
    Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.

Feint

n.
  1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
    Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.
    — Spectator.
  2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.

Feint

v. i.
  1. To make a feint, or mock attack.