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To run a foil
(gcide) | Foil \Foil\, n.
1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment;
defeat; frustration; miscarriage. --Milton.
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Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. --Dryden.
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2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in
the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the
point.
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Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt
not. --Shak.
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Isocrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes
with a word. --Mitford.
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3. The track or trail of an animal.
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To run a foil,to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the
habits of some animals of running back over the same track
to mislead their pursuers. --Brewer.
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