| Foil (foil) |
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| v. t. | (foil) |
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| Foil |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Foiled (foild)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Foiling.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one's
feet, to press, oppress. See Full, ] |
To tread under foot] to trample.
To render (an effort or attempt) vain or
nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to
defeat.
To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to
foil the scent in chase.
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Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat;
frustration; miscarriage.
A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling
a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at
the point.
The track or trail of an animal.
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A leaf or very
thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold
foil.
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.
Anything that serves by contrast of color
or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid
on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
The space between the cusps
in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows,
niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil,
quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is
composed.
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