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Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.

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

Perdifoil :: Perdifoil (n.) A deciduous plant; -- opposed to evergreen.

Feather-foil :: Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves..

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

Trefle :: Trefle (a.) Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing..

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..

Foiling :: Foiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foi.

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

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

Trefle :: Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.

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

Quadrifoil :: Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of Quadrifoliat.

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses..

Sainfoin :: Sainfoin (n.) A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).

Folier :: Folier (n.) Goldsmith's foil.

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..

Quarterfoil :: Quarterfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils..

Polyfoil :: Polyfoil (n.) Same as Multifoil.

Tinsel :: Tinsel (n.) A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like..

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