Definition of foil

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

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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..
Bean Trefoil :: Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)..
Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection..
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..
Foliature :: Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.
Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..
Foil :: Foil (n.) Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil..
Tain :: Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To defile; to soil.
Foiling :: Foiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foi.
Multifoil :: Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.
Trefle :: Trefle (n.) A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.
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..
Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
Water Milfoil :: Water milfoil () Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions..
Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..
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