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Traditional English :: foil(1)
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foilist.html - v. & n. --v.tr.
1 frustrate, baffle, defeat.
2 Hunting a run over or cross (ground or a scent) to confuse the hounds. b (absol.) (of an animal) spoil the scent in this way. --n. 1 Hunting the track of a hunted animal.
2 archaic a repulse or defeat. [ME, = trample down, perh. f. OF fouler to full cloth, trample, ult. f. L fullo FULLER(1)] |
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Traditional English :: foil(2)
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foilist.html - n. 1 a metal hammered or rolled into a thin sheet (tin foil). b a sheet of this, or of tin amalgam, attached to mirror glass as a reflector. c a leaf of foil placed under a precious stone etc. to brighten or colour it. 2 a person or thing that enhances the qualities of another by contrast. 3 Archit. a leaf-shaped curve formed by the cusping of an arch or circle. [ME f. OF f. L folium leaf, and f. OF foille f. L folia (pl.)] |
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Traditional English :: foil(3)
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foilist.html - n. a light blunt-edged sword with a button on its point used in fencing. foilist n. [16th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: foil(4)
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foilist.html - n.
= HYDROFOIL. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: foible
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foilist.html - n. 1 a minor weakness or idiosyncrasy. 2 Fencing the part of a sword-blade from the middle to the point. [F, obs. form of faible (as FEEBLE)] |
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Traditional English :: foie gras
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foilist.html - n. colloq. = p |
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