Definition of fold

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Fold (n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

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Foldage :: Foldage (n.) See Faldage.
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter..
Faldstool :: Faldstool (n.) A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church..
Unfolder :: Unfolder (n.) One who, or that which, unfolds..
Folio :: Folio (n.) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper..
Fornix :: Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva..
Reef :: Reef (v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..
Layer :: Layer (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion..
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace..
Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..
Rumple :: Rumple (n.) A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
Denary :: Denary (a.) Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale..
Penfold :: Penfold (n.) See Pinfold.
Plaited :: Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful..
Multiple :: Multiple (a.) Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts..
Trebly :: Trebly (adv.) In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply.
Hermeneutical :: Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase..
Standard :: Standard (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing..
Twentyfold :: Twentyfold (a.) Twenty times as many.
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