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Foil (foil), v. t. [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, v. t.] 1. To tread under foot; to trample.
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King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. Knoless.
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Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle,
In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. Spenser.
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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 foiled. Dryden.
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Her long locks that foil the painter's power. Byron.
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3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. Addison.
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Foil, v. t. [See 6th File.] To defile; to soil. [Obs.]
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Foil, n. 1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. Milton.
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Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. Dryden.
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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 foils, which hit, but hurt not. Shak.
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Isocrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a word. Mitford.
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3. The track or trail of an animal.
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To run a foil,to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. Brewer.
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Foil, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille, fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. &unr_; , and perh. to E. blade. Cf. Foliage, Folio.] 1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
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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. Ure.
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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 foil of his milk-white to serve. Sir P. Sidney.
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Hector has a foil to set him off. Broome.
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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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Foil stone, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.
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