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Floret :: Floret (n.) A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.

Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..

Foil :: Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed..

Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch..

Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils..

Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil..

Fencer :: Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.

Quatrefoil :: Quatrefoil (n.) Same as Quarterfoil.

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..

Blunt :: Blunt (n.) A fencer's foil.

Tain :: Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors..

Foiling :: Foiling (n.) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..

Coat :: Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling..

Arquebusade :: Arquebusade (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds..

Foilable :: Foilable (a.) Capable of being foiled.

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