Definitions of foil
-
To
tread
under
foot;
to
trample.
-
To
render (
an
effort
or
attempt)
vain
or
nugatory;
to
baffle;
to
outwit;
to
balk;
to
frustrate;
to
defeat.
-
To
blunt;
to
dull;
to
spoil;
as,
to
foil
the
scent
in
chase.
-
To
defile;
to
soil.
-
To
baffle
or
frustrate;
defeat.
-
To
defeat;
to
puzzle;
to
disappoint:-
pr.
p.
foiling;
pa.
p.
foiled.
-
To
baffle;
disappoint.
-
To
render
ineffectual;
frustrate;
balk.
-
cover
or
back
with
foil; "
foil
mirrors"
-
To
frustrate;
to
defeat;
to
baffle;
to
blunt;
to
dull.
-
To
frustrate;
to
defeat;
to
baffle;
to
render
unavailing.
-
anything
that
serves
by
contrast
to
call
attention
to
another
thing's
good
qualities; "
pretty
girls
like
plain
friends
as
foils"
-
a
light
slender
flexible
sword
tipped
by
a
button
-
a
piece
of
thin
and
flexible
sheet
metal; "
the
photographic
film
was
wrapped
in
foil"
-
Failure
of
success
when
on
the
point
of
attainment;
defeat;
frustration;
miscarriage.
-
A
blunt
weapon
used
in
fencing,
resembling
a
smallsword
in
the
main,
but
usually
lighter
and
having
a
button
at
the
point.
-
The
track
or
trail
of
an
animal.
-
A
leaf
or
very
thin
sheet
of
metal;
as,
brass
foil;
tin
foil;
gold
foil.
-
Anything
that
serves
by
contrast
of
color
or
quality
to
adorn
or
set
off
another
thing
to
advantage.
-
A
thin
coat
of
tin,
with
quicksilver,
laid
on
the
back
of
a
looking-
glass,
to
cause
reflection.
-
A
thin
leaf
of
sheet
copper
silvered
and
burnished,
and
afterwards
coated
with
transparent
colors
mixed
with
isinglass; -
employed
by
jewelers
to
give
color
or
brilliancy
to
pastes
and
inferior
stones.
-
A
long
thin
fencing
weapon
with
a
button
on
the
end;
the
trail
of
hunted
game;
a
thin
plate,
or
sheet
of
metal;
a
contrast
to
set
something
off
to
advantage;
a
small
arc
in
the
tracery
of
a
Gothic
window,
etc.
-
Failure
after
success
seemed
certain;
defeat.
-
A
blunt
sword
used
in
fencing.
-
A
leaf
or
thin
plate
of
metal,
as
tin-
foil;
a
thin
leaf
of
metal
put
under
precious
stones
to
increase
their
lustre
or
change
their
color;
anything
that
serves
to
set
off
something
else.
-
Blunt
sword
used
in
fencing;
thin
leaf
of
metal;
metallic
leaf
set
under
gems;
anything
that
sets
off
another.
-
Defeat;
failure.
-
Metal
in
very
thin
sheets,
as
on
the
back
of
a
mirror.
-
A
leaf -
like
division
in
architectural
ornamentation.
-
A
sword -
like
implement,
with
a
button
on
its
end,
used
in
fencing.
-
Defeat;
the
failure
of
success
when
on
the
point
of
being
secured;
a
blunt
sword,
or
one
that
has
a
button
at
the
end
covered
with
leather,
used
in
fencing;
the
track
or
trail
of
game
when
pursued.
-
A
leaf
or
thin
plate
of
metal,
as,
tin-
foil;
a
small
rounded
leaf-
like
form
in
window
tracery;
among
jewellers,
a
thin
leaf
of
metal
placed
under
precious
stones
to
increase
their
brilliancy;
anything
of
another
colour,
or
of
different
quality,
which
serves
to
set
off
another
thing
to
advantage;
a
thin
coat
of
tin
with
quicksilver,
laid
on
the
back
of
a
mirror
to
cause
reflection.
-
Defeat;
frustration.
-
The
blunted
weapon
used
in
fencing
or
in
learning
the
sword
exercise.
-
A
thin
leaf
of
metal,
as
tin-
foil,
silver-
foil, &
c.;
a
piece
of
gold
or
silver
leaf
set
behind
a
gem
to
give
it
colour
or
lustre;
anything
used
for
showing
another
object
to
advantage;
in
arch.,
one
of
the
small
arcs
in
the
tracery
of
Gothic
windows,
panels, &
c.
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