Definition of foil

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

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Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch..
Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils..
Euchre :: Euchre (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..
Multifoil :: Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.
Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.
Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..
Quadrifoil :: Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of Quadrifoliat.
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..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
Trefle :: Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.
Water Feather-foil :: Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata..
Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection..
Quicksilvered :: Quicksilvered (a.) Overlaid with quicksilver, or with an amalgam of quicksilver and tinfoil..
Quarterfoil :: Quarterfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils..
Counterstock :: Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.
Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
Foil :: Foil (n.) The track or trail of an animal.
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