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foiled, ppl. a.|fɔɪld| [f. foil v.4 + -ed1 and foil n.1 + -ed2.] 1. †a. Coated on one side, or backed with foil (obs.). b. Produced by a coating of foil.
1662J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 131 Two cylinders..the one of steel..the other of foyled isinglass. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 153 Looking-glasses foil'd being in vogue for Ornaments. 1864Realm 24 Feb. 8 If we are content with painted and foiled glitter. 2. Arch. Ornamented with foils; resembling foils. foiled arch = foil-arch. See foil n.1 2 b.
1835R. Willis Archit. Mid. Ages 194 This is the Saracen mode of treating foiled arches. 1840Parker Gloss. Archit. 93 Foiled Arch, an arch in the form of a trefoil, cinquefoil, or multifoil. 1848J. G. Wilkinson Dalmatia, etc. I. 255 A foiled corbel table. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iii. §20. 86 Holes cut into foiled shapes. |