fo11ated

[Lat. foliatus.] I. Ord. Lang.: Covered or coated with a thin plate, coat, or foil. II. Technically : 1. Arch .: [FOLIATED-ARCH; FOLIATION.] 2. Zool. ( of shells): Splitting into lamine. Used when the shelly layers tend to separate from each other. 3. Min .: Splitting into plates, lamellar. 4. Petrol.: Laminated schistose. (Used chiefly of the Metamorphic rocks.) foliated-arch, s. Arch.: One having a number of lobes or leaves. foliated-coal, s. folkmote