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Definition of Foilings
1. foiling [n] - See also: foiling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foilings
| fohn fohns fohs foiba foible foibles foid foids foie gras foil | foilable foiled foiler foilers foiling foilings (current term) foilist foilists foils foilsman | foilsmen foin foine foined foinery foining foins foism foison foisons |
Literary usage of Foilings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"... and the frame- less trefoils and quatrefoils are frequently formed on the
basis of these figures instead of the circle. The foilings and ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1857)
"... will ho receive t, 11 rod to the wants and foilings in our sure from this wide
world of thought but, applying the knowledge thus ma- reward, ..."
3. The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin (1859)
"Where the wall was thick and could not be cut through, and the foilings were
large, those shadows did not fill the entire space ; but the form was, ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1785)
"... together with the fub. fequent foilings of the (beep, left the land in admirable
condition and about the ..."
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