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Foil :: Foil (n.) Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.

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.

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

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

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

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..

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

Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.

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

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..

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

Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..

Water Milfoil :: Water milfoil () Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions..

Multifoil :: Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.

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

Club :: Club (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

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

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

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..

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