"Foil" is a word in ENGLISH
To defile; to soil.
The track or trail of an animal.
To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to
baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat;
frustration; miscarriage.
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil;
gold foil.
To tread under foot; to trample.
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.
A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in
the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in
chase.
A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a
looking-glass, to cause reflection.
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.
If I had my life to live over I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.
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