Webster's Dictionary 1913

2620

Fold (2)

Fold, v. i. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi. 34.

2621

Fold (3)

Fold, n. [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.] 1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.Mum...

2622

Fold (4)

Fold, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.] 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Ch...

2623

Fold (5)

Fold, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.

2624

Fold (6)

Fold, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold.The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.

2625

Foldage

Fold″age, (�) n. [See Fold inclosure, Faldage.] (O.Eng.Law.) See Faldage.

2626

Folder

Fold″er (?), n. One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

2627

Folderol

Fol″de‐rol′ (?), n. Nonsense.

2628

Folding

Fold″ing (?), n. 1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosure...

2629

Foldless

Fold″less, a. Having no fold. Milman.

2630

Foliaceous

Fo′li‐a″ceous (?), a. [L. foliaceus, fr. folium leaf.] 1. (Bot.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceou...

2631

Foliage

Fo″li‐age (?), n. [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and cf. Foliation, Filemot.]1. Leaves, collect...

2632

Foliage (2)

Fo″li‐age (?), v. t. To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. Drummond.

2633

Foliaged

Fo″li‐aged (?), a. Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry.

2634

Foliar

Fo″li‐ar (?), a.(Bot.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages.Foliar gap(Bot.), an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stem at the point of origin o...

2635

Foliate

Fo″li‐ate (�), a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.

2636

Foliate (2)

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 quicksi...

2637

Foliated

Fo″li‐a′ted (?), a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.3. (Min.) Characterized b...

2638

Foliation

Fo″li‐a″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. foliation.] 1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo�ed within the bud.The... foliation mus...

2639

Foliature

Fo″li‐a‐ture (?), n. [L. foliatura foliage.] 1. Foliage; leafage. Shuckford.2. The state of being beaten into foil. Johnson.

2640

Folier

Fo″li‐er (?), n. Goldsmith's foil. Sprat.

2641

Foliferous

Fo‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. folium leaf+ -ferous: cf. F. foliifère.] Producing leaves. [Written also foliiferous.]

2642

Folily

Fol″i‐ly (?), a. Foolishly. Chaucer.

2643

Folio

Fol″io (?), n.; pl.Folios (#). [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th Foil.] 1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.2. A sheet of paper once folded.3. A book made of sheets of paper ea...

2644

Folio (2)

Fol″io, v. t. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

2645

Folio (3)

Fol″io, a. Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3.

2646

Foliolate

Fo″li‐o‐late (?), a. Of or pertaining to leaflets; — used in composition; as, bi-foliolate. Gray.