Definition of foil

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Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection..

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Tinning :: Tinning (n.) The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot; to trample.
Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..
Polyfoil :: Polyfoil (n.) Same as Multifoil.
Foil :: Foil (n.) The track or trail of an animal.
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils..
Trefle :: Trefle (a.) Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing..
Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..
Foiling :: Foiling (n.) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.
Quadrifoil :: Quadrifoil (a.) Alt. of Quadrifoliat.
Multifoil :: Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.
Quatrefoil :: Quatrefoil (n.) Same as Quarterfoil.
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..
Tain :: Tain (n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors..
Fencer :: Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..
Foible :: Foible (n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.
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