Definition of foil

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

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Trefle :: Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.
Foil :: Foil (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil..
Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..
Tinning :: Tinning (n.) The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like..
Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..
Lametta :: Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass..
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.
Water Feather-foil :: Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata..
Foilable :: Foilable (a.) Capable of being foiled.
Platinum :: Platinum (n.) A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol Pt. Fo
Setfoil :: Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.
Foiling :: Foiling (n.) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
Folier :: Folier (n.) Goldsmith's foil.
Floret :: Floret (n.) A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.
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..
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Trefoiled :: Trefoiled (a.) Same as Trefle.
Water Trefoil :: Water trefoil () The buck bean.
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