Definition of Foils

1. Verb. (third-person singular of FOIL) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of foil) ¹

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Definition of Foils

1. foil [v] - See also: foil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foils

foiba
foible
foibles
foid
foids
foie gras
foil
foilable
foiled
foiler
foilers
foiling
foilings
foilist
foilists
foils (current term)
foilsman
foilsmen
foin
foine
foined
foinery
foining
foins
foism
foison
foisons
foist
foist off
foisted

Literary usage of Foils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"FOYLE, со. Dorset ; and со. Hants, 1609. Gn. a cross flory betw. four 3-foils slipped or. MANNING, Downe, Kent; confirmed 1577. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"... of foils ; viz. clayey, loamy, fandy, and gravelly. ... of foils, differing from one another by fuch delicate and ..."

3. A Treatise of Agriculture by Adam Dickson (1762)
"the nature of the different foils, and wherein their difference ... that foils are very different in their natures, and compounded of very different ..."

4. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Essex: With Observations on by Messrs. Griggs (Firm), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain), Great Britain (1794)
"... fallow; thirdly, wheat; fourthly, oats; with feeds as before. On the man: mild and friable loamy foils, ..."

5. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... the defeats of different foils and varieties of fruit ; and that the peach-tree ... ef the apricot, in foils where it would not ..."

6. The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and (1867)
"foils. foils are thin plates or leaves of metal that are put under stones, ... There are two kinds of foils. One is colourless, where the effect of giving ..."

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