Dictionary entry

Foliate (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fo″li‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Foliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Foliating (?).] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.

2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.