What is the meaning of Poindre?
to prick, sting
to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.)
to come up (of a plant), peep through
to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)
to appear, spring up
to puncture; to pierce (rupture a membrane, etc.)
to sting; to prick
attack; assault
Alternative form of peindre
Source: wiktionary.org