foldyard

A yard in which sheep or cattle fold (2), *folde (2), s. [FOLD (2), v. Cf. Fris. fald; Ger. falte; Goth. flahto a plaiting of the foil-ing, pr . par., a. & 8. [FOIL (1), v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip. adj.: (See the hair. verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of defeating, frustrating or baffling. 2. The track of a deer on the gra . *foin, *foygne, *foyne, v. t . & i. [O. Fr. foindre , foigner .] A. Trans.: To thrust at. "Hente hym be the nekke and foygnede hym with that knyf." Sir Ferumbras , 5,640. B. In trans.: To thrust or push, as in fencing. "They foyneden ech at other." Chaucer: C. Т. , 1,656. *foin (1), *foyne, s. [FOIN, v .] A thrust, a stroke, as in fencing. *foin (2), *fooyne, *foyn, s. [O. Fr. faine , foine; Fr. fouine ; Sp. fuina ; Port. foinha .] 1. A polecat, a fitchet. 2. Fur from the polecat. *foin-er-ý, 8. [FOIN, v.] 1. The act of folding, or doubling up any material. 2. A part of any material folded, doubled, or bent and laid on another. "The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a number of folds of linen, besmeared with gums." --Bacon : Natural History , § 771. 3. An involution, a bend. "Fold above fold , a surging maze!" Milton: P. L., ix. 499. *4. A clasp, an embrace. "Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, iii. 3. *5. A doubling, an intricacy, shifting. "Our author seems to have sufficiently understood the folds and doubles of Sylla's disposition."-Dryden: Life of Plutarch. Fold is largely used as the last element in com position to signify the number of times a thing occurs or is repeated. "But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fold."- Matthew xiii. 8. IMG:content-1848.png:[blocks in formation] "Whanne he had folded or closed the book."-Wyclife: Luke iv. 20. B. In trans.: To close over or on to another of the same kind; to become folded, doubled, or plaited. "The two leaves of the one door were folding , and the two leaves of the other door were folding ." -1 Kings vi. 34. *föld-age (age as Ig) (1), 8. [FALDAGE.] fold-age (age as Ig) (2), s. [Eng. fold (2), v.; -age.] Her .: A term applied to leaves having several foldings and turnings, one from the other. föld'-ěd, pa . par . or a. [FOLD, v .] †folded-vernation, s . Bot.: Vernation consisting of simple folds, as the leaves of the cherry and the lime tree. *föld-ěd-ly, adv. [Eng. folded; -ly.] In folds. föld-er, s. [Eng. fold (2), v.; -er.] 1. One who or that which folds; spec if. an ivory or bone blade, used in folding sheets for binding; also in forwarding sheets from the pile in feeding to pre es. 2. ( Pl . ): A form of eyegla es in which the lenses fold together for the pocket, and grasp the nose by a spring bow or stiff joint when in use. föld-ing (1), pr. par., a. & 8. [FOLD (1), υ.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of shutting up or penning sheep in a fold; a fold; a pen. föld-ing (2), pr. par., a. & 8. [FOLD (2), v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the IMG:content-1849.png:[blocks in formation] 5. ( Pl .): Wrappers; swaddling clothes. (Scotch.) II. Bookbinding : The proce by which printed sheets are so doubled up as to bring the pages into consecutivene for gathering and binding. The number of pages to each side of the sheet is indicated by the name 4to, 8vo, 12mo, 16mo, 24mo. 32mo, 48mo. The folio sheet has two pages on each side, and is once folded. The size of the book will, therefore, depend on the size of the paper, and the number of times it is folded. Each distinct sheet of a book has a certain mark, called a Signature (q. v.). These are gathered consecutively to form the book. folding-bed, s. A bed that can be shut up so as to stand upright against a wall. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f.