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

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil..

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

Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.

Sainfoin :: Sainfoin (n.) A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only..

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..

Tin :: Tin (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil..

Foiled :: Foiled (imp. & p. p.) of Foi.

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

Feather-foil :: Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves..

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

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery..

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

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

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

Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.

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..

Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch..

Trefle :: Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.

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