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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Buck Bean :: Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean..
Polyfoil :: Polyfoil (n.) Same as Multifoil.
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..
Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..
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..
Lametta :: Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass..
Foiling :: Foiling (n.) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.
Folier :: Folier (n.) Goldsmith's foil.
Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..
Quatrefoil :: Quatrefoil (n.) Same as Quarterfoil.
Milfoil :: Milfoil (n.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
Feather-foil :: Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves..
Trefle :: Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.
Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand..
Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.
Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.
Quicksilvered :: Quicksilvered (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil..
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..
Point :: Point (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point..
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