Definition of foil

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Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.

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Tain :: Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors..
Multifoil :: Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.
Foliature :: Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.
Counterstock :: Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.
Buck Bean :: Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean..
Foiling :: Foiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foi.
Setfoil :: Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.
Quicksilvered :: Quicksilvered (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil..
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..
Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock..
Fencer :: Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
Water Milfoil :: Water milfoil () Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions..
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation..
Five-finger :: Five-finger (n.) See Cinquefoil.
Milfoil :: Milfoil (n.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
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