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Quicksilvered :: Quicksilvered (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil..

Quatrefoil :: Quatrefoil (n.) Same as Quarterfoil.

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..

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 defile; to soil.

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

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

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

Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..

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

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

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

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

Waster :: Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil..

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

Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock..

Foliature :: Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.

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

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

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..

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