FOIL - Definiția din dicționar
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Foil (foil), v. t.
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King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and
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Whom he did all to pieces breake and
In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle.
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2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
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And by &unr_; mortal man at length am
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Her long locks that
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3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
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Foil, v. t. [See 6th
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Foil, n. 1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
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Nor e'er was fate so near a
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2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
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Blunt as the fencer's
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Isocrates contended with a
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3. The track or trail of an animal.
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Foil, n. [OE.
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2. (Jewelry) 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.
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3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
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As she a black silk cap on him began
To set, for
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Hector has a
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4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
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5. (Arch.) 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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