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

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..

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

Length :: Length (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed..

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

Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight..

Folding :: Folding (n.) The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication..

Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration..

Infoldment :: Infoldment (n.) The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

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

Inset :: Inset (n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted..

Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..

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..

Action :: Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events..

Enfoldment :: Enfoldment (n.) The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

Gauntry :: Gauntry (n.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.

Crease :: Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced..

Scaffolding :: Scaffolding (n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body..

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