Definition of foil

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Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection..

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Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..
Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only..
Arquebusade :: Arquebusade (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.
Foiling :: Foiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foi.
Foliature :: Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.
Five-finger :: Five-finger (n.) See Cinquefoil.
Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.
Bean Trefoil :: Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)..
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..
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..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
Tin :: Tin (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses..
Folier :: Folier (n.) Goldsmith's foil.
Polyfoil :: Polyfoil (n.) Same as Multifoil.
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..
Floret :: Floret (n.) A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.
Foil :: Foil (n.) The track or trail of an animal.
Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..
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