foil : Idioms & Phrases

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aluminium foil

  • noun foil made of aluminum
    aluminium foil; aluminum foil.
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aluminum foil

  • noun foil made of aluminum
    aluminium foil; aluminum foil.
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Brass foil, Brass leaf

  • brass made into very thin sheets; called also Dutch gold.
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Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, ∨ Dutch gold

  • a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
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feather-foil

  • noun a plant of the genus Hottonia
    featherfoil.
WordNet
Feath"er-foil` noun
Etymology
Feather + foil a leaf.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.
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Foil stone

  • an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.
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Gold foil

  • noun foil made of gold
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  • thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf.
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Silver foil

  • foil made of silver.
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Tin foil

  • noun foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
    tinfoil.
  • noun foil made of aluminum
    aluminium foil; aluminum foil.
WordNet
  • tin reduced to a thin leaf.
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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.
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