faint.

It is no proper recom - mendation of that holy religion to Indians and others to perpetrate the greatelt cruelties upon them in order to bring them over to worfhip two crofs - fticks, a rufty nail, or the putrified bones of fome animal which they call a faint.

A review of ecclesiastical establishments in Europe : containing their history ... : and an essay tending to shew both the political and moral necessity of abolishing exclusive establishments, with answers to some principal objections Whatman, James, 1741-1798 1796

Division race, although their playoff hopes remain faint.

USATODAY.com 2003

I do not think he saw Bickley, indeed he shut his eyes again as though the light hurt them, and went into a kind of faint.

When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"might be good in stir-fry," but said the teriyaki flavor was "faint."

SFGate: Top News Stories Amanda Gold 2010

And there was Lord Hubert and Lord Rupert and Lord Francis, who were all handsome enough to make you feel as if you could faint. there was their mother, the Duchess of Tidyshire; and of course there were all sorts of maids and footmen and of cooks and scullery maids and even gardeners.

The RACKETTY-PACKETTY House Frances Hodgson Burnett 2006

Corrigan fought down shudders at the memory of the attack, the hand on his face, the searing pain of the forced meld, the even greater pain of interference with his bond with T’Mir, her presence growing faint. . .

The Vulcan Academy Murders Jean Lorrah 2000