foliatedadj.
/ˈfəʊlɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfoʊliˌeɪdᵻd/ a. = foliate adj. 1. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > beaten into thin sheet or foil
beatena1350
beatc1400
foliate1626
leaf-beaten1648
foliated1666
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities ii. v. 334 Spirit of Salt..being heated..would readily enough dissolve foliated Gold.
b. Covered with foil, silvered.
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1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 214 A convex Looking-glass, or foliated Glass-ball.
2. Composed of thin leaf-like layers or laminæ. Chiefly Geology and Mineralogy. foliated earth of tartar, an old name of potassium acetate.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > thin
foliated1650
laminated1665
foliate1683
leafy1684
lamellated1713
foliaceousa1728
squamousa1728
lamellose1752
lamellar1794
spathaceous1794
laminous1798
spathose1802
lamellous1803
spathic1803
laminar1811
lamellate1826
laminose1826
laminary1830
lamelliferous1832
laminiferous1834
1650 E. Ashmole Arcanum in A. Dee Fasciculus Chem. 205 This Earth is white and foliated, wherein Philosophers doe sow their gold.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 332 Crystals and gems are found to be of a foliated structure.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 11 Crystalline precipitates..with a foliated and stratified structure.
1866 D. Livingstone 28 July in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. iv. 85 Near the Lake..mica schist and gneiss foliated.
3. Chiefly Zoology and Conchology. Shaped like a leaf or leaves; in leaf-like forms. See also quot. 1859.
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1846 R. Patterson Introd. Zool. 28 Some of these [‘sea-mats’]..present a foliated appearance.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes iv. 83 By growth laterally, the explanate or oblique foliated species originate.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 91 Sutures angulated, or lobed and foliated.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 169 Certain shells are said to be foliated, when their surfaces are covered with leaf-like projections, as the rose-bush murex.
4. Architecture, etc. (a) Ornamented with foils; foliated arch (see quot. 1838); (b) consisting of or ornamented with leaf-work or foliage.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > foiled
cinquefoil1752
trefoil1752
quatrefoil1776
trefoiled1815
cinquefoiled1823
quatrefoiled1834
foiled1835
foliating1835
quatrefoliated1835
trefoliated1835
foliated1838
septfoil1844
sexfoil1846
sexfoiled1846
multifoil1849
trifoliated1850
multifoiled1851
trefoil-headed1861
1838 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 2) Foliated Arch, an arch with a trefoil, cinquefoil, or multifoil under it.
1847 R. Brandon & J. A. Brandon Anal. Gothick Archit. I. 25 Small shafts with delicately carved foliated caps.
1851 E. Sharpe Seven Periods Archit. 25 The earlier Windows exhibit tracery which consists almost exclusively of plain foliated circles.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. v. 163 Our parlour table loaded with foliated silver.
5. Furnished with or consisting of leaves. spec. in Heraldry.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > of a stalk, etc.
leafy1662
foliate1676
foliated1721
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > having leaves
foliated1828–40
1721–90 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Foliated, Leaved or having Leaves.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 128 This plant..bears a large foliated top.
1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Foliated, leaved.
6. Music. (See quot. 1876.)
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1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 173/2 Foliated, a melody or portion of plain-song is said to be foliated when slurred notes have been added above or below those of which it originally consisted.
7. Carpentry. Rabbeted.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 900/2 Foliated-joint (Carpentry), a rabbeted joint, where one part overlies another.
Compounds
foliated tellurium n. Mineralogy (now historical) = nagyagite n.
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1804 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature VII. 298 Foliated Tellurium... Found at Nagyag in Transylvania, and is wrought for the gold which it contains.
1854 R. D. Thomson Cycl. Chem. Foliated Tellurium, Red Telluride of Lead.
1885 H. Erni Mineral. Simplified (ed. 2) x. 342 Nagyagite, or foliated tellurium, is a telluride of lead containing 9 to 13 per cent. of gold.
1999 Amer. Mineralogist 84 669/1 Numerous synonyms like..‘foliated tellurium’, ‘elasmose’, and ‘elasmosine’ refer to the macroscopic behavior and the chemical composition.
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