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Definition of Hexafoils
1. hexafoil [n] - See also: hexafoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexafoils
Literary usage of Hexafoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1894)
"... and each window has a foliated circle under its containing arch; those of the
side-windows being hexafoils, and that of the central window an ..."
2. Fasti Herefordenses: And Other Antiquarian Memorials of Hereford by Francis Tebbs Havergal (1869)
"Interspersed between the figures are four hexafoils, six quatrefoils, and thirteen
circles. The upper compartment represents the entombment of the bishop. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Rare Artistic Properties Collected by the Connoisseur ...by American Art Association, Raoul Tolentino, Seymour de Ricci, Horace Townsend by American Art Association, Raoul Tolentino, Seymour de Ricci, Horace Townsend (1920)
"Above and below arc borders of silk woven in a pattern of green and white hexafoils
and edged by narrow stripes woven in red and white. ..."
4. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic ...by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"Bottom with hexafoils. Silk draw-string. Length, 4 inches; width, 3 inches.
428—FLORENTINE EMBROIDERED VELVET MISERICORDIA POUCH Fifteenth Century ..."
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