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Fold net
(gcide) | Fold \Fold\, n. [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to
fealdan to fold.]
1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid
over on another part; a plait; a plication.
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Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of
linen. --Bacon.
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Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous
regions. --J. D. Dana.
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2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in
composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a
geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of
anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a
quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
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3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or
envelops; embrace.
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Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.
--Shak.
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Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.
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