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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Foi·ble n.
 1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
    A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles.   --De Quincey.
 2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte. [Written also faible.]
 Syn: -- Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity; frailty; defect. See Fault.