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 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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