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Infolding :: Infolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infol.

Development :: Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state..

Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..

Double-breasted :: Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat..

Manifolding :: Manifolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manifol.

Inflorescence :: Inflorescence (n.) A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..

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..

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets..

Display :: Display (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.

Involution :: Involution (n.) The act of involving or infolding.

Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..

Pentaptych :: Pentaptych (n.) A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece..

Convolution :: Convolution (n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain..

Evolution :: Evolution (n.) The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg..

Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..

Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by..

Crease :: Crease (v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling..

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