f011 (1), foyle

t. [O. Fr. fouler =to tread, to stamp upon, from Low Lat. fullo, folo = to full cloth.] 1. To trample underfoot; to insult. *2. To keep down or under; to repre , to restrain. 3. To defeat, to baffle; to frustrate; to render vain or nugatory. "But they who tried were foiled." Words worth: Excursion, bk. vi. *4. To puzzle, to perplex. IMG:content-1844.png:[blocks in formation] *foil (2), *foyl, v . t . [A variant of file or foul (q. v.), but po ibly the same as foil (1), v.] Το defile. foil (1), *foile, *foyle (1), 8. [FOIL (1), v.] *1. A defeat, a frustration; a baffling. 2. A blunt weapon for fencing; a thin blade with a button on the end. *3. The track or trail of game when hunted. **(1) To give foil: To discomfit. (2) To take the foil: To be discomfited. 1877 *foin'-Ing, *foyn-yng, pr . par ., a. & s. [FOIN, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of thrusting or making feints, as in fencing; foinery. *foin-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. foining : -ly.] In a pushing or thrusting manner; with a push or thrust. *fois-on, *fois-oun, *foy-son, *foy-soun, *foizon, s. [O. Fr. fuison ; Fr. foison , from Lat. fusio (acc. fusionem )=an outpouring, from fusus , pa. par. of fun do =to pour out.] 1. Plenty, abundance. 2. A plan, a contrivance. *fois-on-le , a. [Eng. foison ; -le .] Innutricious, unprofitable. ( Lit. & fig .) [FISSENLESS.] foist, v . t . [O. Dut. vysten=to break wind; veest = a breaking of wind. "To foist , feist , fizzle , are all originally to break wind in a noisele manner, and thus to foist is to introduce something, the obnoxious effects of which are only learned by disagreeable experience." ( Wedgwood .)] 1. To introduce surreptitiously, wrongfully, or unwarrantably; to thrust in fraudulently; to try to pa off as genuine, true or trustworthy. has of foisting in words."- Water land : Works , iv. 87. "He is most certainly in taking the liberty he *2. To introduce slyly or quietly. "My whisperings foisted in all ears." Swift: Dial. between Mad Mullinix and Timothy. *3. To cheat, to humbug, to hoax. "Cutting of purses and foisting ."-Middle ton: Roaring Girl , i. 1. 2. A cheat, a swindle, a fraud, an imposition. *foist (2), s. [O. Fr. fuste ; Ital. & Sp. fust a , from IMG:content-1845.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Arch .: A leaf in architecture or carving, as a trefoil ornament; or a window, having lobes like clover, and then said to be trefoiled, qua trefoiled, cinque foiled, . 2. Jewelry: A thin leaf of metal, for plating, or to color a gem behind which it is placed. A colored foil imparts its tint to a gem whose natural color is vague and insipid. Foil is made by rolling into thin sheets a plate of copper covered with a layer of silver. The silver surface is polished and covered with a clean varnish, colored or white. Tin or lead foil is very thin sheets. 3. Gla : An amalgam of silver and tin at the back of a looking-gla . foil-a-ble, a. [Eng. foil (1), v.; -able.] That may or can be foiled, frustrated, or defeated. foiled, a. [Eng. foil (2), s.; -ed.] Arch .: Having foils; as, a foiled arch. *foister, s. [Eng. foist ; -er.] One who foists; a falsifier; a cheat. *foist-ied, a . [Eng. foisty ; -ed.] Made foisty, fusty, or moldy. *foist-I-ne , s. [English foisty ; -ne .] Fustine , moldine . *foist-, *foist-ie, a . [FoISTY.] Moldy, fusty. *foi-ter-er, s . [Norm. Fr. faitour =a vagabond.] A vagabond. ( Wharton .)