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Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..

Trefoiled :: Trefoiled (a.) Same as Trefle.

Coat :: Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling..

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

Quadrifoil :: Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of Quadrifoliat.

Trifolium :: Trifolium (n.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover..

Water Feather-foil :: Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata..

Foil :: Foil (n.) The track or trail of an animal.

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

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

Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..

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

Milfoil :: Milfoil (n.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.

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..

Foil :: Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed..

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

Water Trefoil :: Water trefoil () The buck bean.

Perdifoil :: Perdifoil (n.) A deciduous plant; -- opposed to evergreen.

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

Trifoly :: Trifoly (n.) Sweet trefoil.

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