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Foil stone
(gcide) | Foil \Foil\, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille,
fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. ?,
and perh. to E. blade. Cf. Foliage, Folio.]
1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin
foil; gold foil.
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2. (Jewelry) 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. --Ure.
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3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to
adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
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As she a black silk cap on him began
To set, for foil of his milk-white to serve. --Sir
P. Sidney.
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Hector has a foil to set him off. --Broome.
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4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of
a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
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5. (Arch.) The space between the cusps in Gothic
architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows,
niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil,
quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of
arcs of which it is composed.
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Foil stone, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.
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