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Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..

Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..

Bean Trefoil :: Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)..

Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic..

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

Point :: Point (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point..

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..

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation..

Yarrow :: Yarrow (n.) An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed..

Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery..

Foil :: Foil (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil..

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

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

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..

Quicksilvering :: Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

Counterstock :: Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.

Foiler :: Foiler (n.) One who foils or frustrates.

Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.

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