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Definition of Foiling
1. Noun. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Generic synonyms: Hinderance, Hindrance, Interference
Derivative terms: Foil, Frustrate, Thwart
Definition of Foiling
1. n. A foil.
2. n. The track of game (as deer) in the grass.
Definition of Foiling
1. Verb. (present participle of FOIL) ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of foil) ¹
3. Noun. The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success. ¹
4. Noun. (context: hunting) The track of game, such as deer, in the grass. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foiling
1. foil [v] - See also: foil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foiling
| fohawks fohn fohns fohs foiba foible foibles foid foids foie gras | foil foilable foiled foiler foilers foiling (current term) foilings foilist foilists foils | foilsman foilsmen foin foine foined foinery foining foins foism foison |
Literary usage of Foiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Study of a Novel by Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (1905)
"Climax and foiling. — foiling is represented by the formula, aA,1 in reference
to any two consecutive items of ..."
2. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"Nor should we imagine that the Lacedaemonians consider aught else but how they
may yet even now, if possible by foiling us, mitigate the disgrace 8 they ..."
3. Abyssinia of To-day: An Account of the First Mission Sent by the American by Robert Peet Skinner (1906)
"... Conferring an American decoration—A province where silver and gold do not
circulate—foiling another conspiracy. SCARCELY had the Atto Hugo been received ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"foiling. [L. fullo, a fuller,} In Manuf., scouring, cleansing, and thickening
cloth by beating it with hammers in a mill. Fulmar. (Ornith.) A gen. of birds, ..."
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