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Floret :: Floret (n.) A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.

Setfoil :: Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.

Foiler :: Foiler (n.) One who foils or frustrates.

Blunt :: Blunt (n.) A fencer's foil.

Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..

Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..

Counterstock :: Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.

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..

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..

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

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..

Yarrow :: Yarrow (n.) An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed..

Point :: Point (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point..

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

Lametta :: Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses..

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

Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Foil :: Foil (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil..

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

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