Foil — Foil, n. 1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. Milton. [1913 Webster] Nor e er was fate so near a foil. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foil — [n] contrast antithesis, background, complement, counterblow, defense, guard, setting; concept 665 foil [v] circumvent, nip in the bud baffle, balk, beat, bilk, bollix*, buffalo*, check, checkmate, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat … New thesaurus
FOIL (programming language) — FOIL was the name for two different programming languages. CAI style languageThe first FOIL was a CAI language developed at the University of Michigan in 1967. The acronym stood for File Oriented Interpretive Language and it was very similar to… … Wikipedia
foil — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 frustrate, baffle, defeat. 2 Hunting a run over or cross (ground or a scent) to confuse the hounds. b (absol.) (of an animal) spoil the scent in this way. n. 1 Hunting the track of a hunted animal. 2 archaic a repulse or defeat … Useful english dictionary
Lead came and copper foil glasswork — This article is on the techniques of lead came and copper foil glasswork. For a general overview of stained glass art, see stained glass. A typical copper foil Tiffany lamp, with a jonquil daffodil design Lead came and copper foil glasswork are… … Wikipedia
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