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Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..

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

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

Foiling :: Foiling (n.) A foil.

Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.

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

Quicksilvering :: Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

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

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

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc..

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..

Waster :: Waster (v. t.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil..

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

Fencer :: Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

Trifoly :: Trifoly (n.) Sweet trefoil.

Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..

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

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

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