Part 4442

<i>Ure.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.</def>

<blockquote>As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for <b>foil</b> of his milk-white to serve. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hector has a <b>foil</b> to set him off. <i>Broome.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Foil stone</col>, <cd>an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foilable</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foil"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being foiled.</def>

<h1>Foiler</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foil"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who foils or frustrates.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Foiling</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foil"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A foil.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Foiling</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foil"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>foul\'82es</ets>. See 1st <er>Foil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <def>The track of game (as deer) in the grass.</def>

<h1>Foin</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foin</hw> <tt>(foin)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fouine</ets> a marten.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The beech marten (<spn>Mustela foina</spn>). See <er>Marten</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with <b>foins</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foin</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foin</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>foinen</ets>, <ets>foignen</ets>; of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. <ets>fouiner</ets> to push for eels with a spear, fr. F. <ets>fouine</ets> an eelspear, perh. fr. L. <ets>fodere</ets> to dig, thrust.]</ety> <def>To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> He stroke, he soused, he <b>foynd</b>, he hewed, he lashed. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They lash, they <b>foin</b>, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foin</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Foin</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To prick; to st?ng.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>