Definition of foil

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Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.

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Euchre :: Euchre (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
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 blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
Foil :: Foil (n.) Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
Trifoly :: Trifoly (n.) Sweet trefoil.
Blunt :: Blunt (n.) A fencer's foil.
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..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery..
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil..
Multifoil :: Multifoil (a.) Having more than five divisions or foils.
Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil..
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..
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Water Trefoil :: Water trefoil () The buck bean.
Trefoiled :: Trefoiled (a.) Same as Trefle.
Foiling :: Foiling (n.) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.
Milfoil :: Milfoil (n.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
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