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<hw>Foist"ied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Fust</er>.]</ety> <def>Fusty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Foist"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fustiness; mustiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Foist"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fusty; musty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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<hw>Fold</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Folded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Folding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>folden</ets>, <ets>falden</ets>, AS. <ets>fealdan</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>faltan</ets>, <ets>faldan</ets>, G. <ets>falten</ets>, Icel. <ets>falda</ets>, Dan. <ets>folde</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'86lla</ets>, Goth. <ets>fal<?/an</ets>, cf. Gr.<?/ twofold, Skr. <ets>pu<?/a</ets> a fold. Cf. <er>Fauteuil</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; <as>as, to <ex>fold</ex> cloth; to <ex>fold</ex> a letter.</as></def>

<blockquote>As a vesture shalt thou <b>fold</b> them up. <i>Heb. i. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; <as>as, he <ex>folds</ex> his arms in despair</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.</def>

<blockquote> A face <b>folded in sorrow</b>. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We will descend and <b>fold</b> him in our arms. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To cover or wrap up; to conceal.</def>

<blockquote>Nor <b>fold</b> my fault in cleanly coined excuses. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fold</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; <as>as, the leaves of the door <ex>fold</ex></as>.</def>

<i>1 Kings vi. 34.</i>

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<hw>Fold</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fold</er>, <ets>v</ets>. In sense 2 AS. <ets>-feald</ets>, akin to <ets>fealdan</ets> to fold.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.</def>

<blockquote>Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of <b>folds</b> of linen. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> <b>Folds</b> are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. <i>J. D. Dana.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, four<ex>fold</ex>, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.</def>

<blockquote>Shall from your neck unloose his amorous <b>fold</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fold net</col>, <cd>a kind of net used in catching birds.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fold</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fald</ets>, <ets>fold</ets>, AS. <ets>fald</ets>, <ets>falod</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.</def>