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foil1
verb (foiled , foiling ) to prevent, thwart or frustrate someone or something.
[16c: from French fuler to trample]
verb (foiled , foiling ) to prevent, thwart or frustrate someone or something.
[16c: from French fuler to trample]
foil2
noun
1
a metal beaten or rolled out into thin sheets;
b (also in compounds ) tinfoil gold foil .
2 a thin metallic coating (usually mercury or a mercury-alloy) on a piece of glass which produces a reflection, forming the backing of a mirror.
3 a thin leaf of metal put under a precious stone to show it to advantage.
4 someone or something that acts as a contrast to, and brings out, the superior or different qualities of another.
5 archit in tracery, particularly of Gothic architecture: a small leaf-shaped curve or arc, forming a cusp where two foils meet.
6 a hydrofoil or an aerofoil.
[14c: from French foil leaf, from Latin folium ]
noun
1
a metal beaten or rolled out into thin sheets;
b (also in compounds ) tinfoil gold foil .
2 a thin metallic coating (usually mercury or a mercury-alloy) on a piece of glass which produces a reflection, forming the backing of a mirror.
3 a thin leaf of metal put under a precious stone to show it to advantage.
4 someone or something that acts as a contrast to, and brings out, the superior or different qualities of another.
5 archit in tracery, particularly of Gothic architecture: a small leaf-shaped curve or arc, forming a cusp where two foils meet.
6 a hydrofoil or an aerofoil.
[14c: from French foil leaf, from Latin folium ]
foil3
noun , fencing a long slender sword with a blunt edge and a point protected by a button.
[16c]
noun , fencing a long slender sword with a blunt edge and a point protected by a button.
[16c]
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