Chapter 612

Fog alarm , Fog bell , Fog horn , etc. , a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather. -- Fog bank , a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. -- Fog ring , a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

Fog <Xpage=577>

Fog (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fogged (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fogging (#) .] To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

Fog <Xpage=577>

Fog (?) , v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development .

Foge <Xpage=577>

Foge (?) , n. The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin.

Raymond

Fo'gey <Xpage=577>

Fo'gey (?) , n. See Fogy .

Fog'gage <Xpage=577>

Fog'gage (?; 48) , n. (Agric.) See 1st Fog .

Fog'ger <Xpage=577>

Fog'ger (?) , n. One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]

A beggarly fogger. Terence in English(1614)

Foggily <Xpage=577>

Fog"gi*ly (?) , adv. In a foggy manner; obscurely.

Johnson.

Fogginess <Xpage=577>

Fog"gi*ness (?) , n. The state of being foggy.

Johnson.

Foggy <Xpage=577>

Fog"gy (?) , a. [ Compar. Foggier (?) ; superl. Foggiest .] [From 4th Fog .] 1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.

Shak.

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2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas .

Your coarse, foggy , drowsy conceit. Hayward.

Fogie <Xpage=578>

Fo"gie (?) , n. See Fogy .

Fogless <Xpage=578>

Fog"less (?) , a. Without fog; clear.

Kane.

Fogy <Xpage=578>

Fo"gy (?) , n. ; pl. Fogies (<?/) . A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old . [Written also fogie and fogey .] [Colloq.]

Notorious old bore; regular old fogy . Thackeray.

&hand; The word is said to be connected with the German vogt , a guard or protector. By others it is regareded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje ). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as "an invalid or garrison soldier," and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term.

Sir F. Head.

Fogyism <Xpage=578>

Fo"gy*ism (?) , n. The principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]

Foh <Xpage=578>

Foh (?) , interj. [Cf. Faugh .] An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle.

Shak.

Fohist <Xpage=578>

Fo"hist (?) , n. A Buddhist priest. See Fo .

Foible <Xpage=578>

Foi"ble (?) , a. [OF. foible . See Feeble .] Weak; feeble. [Obs.]

Lord Herbert.

Foible <Xpage=578>

Foi"ble (?) , n. 1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.

A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles . De Quincey.

2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte . [Written also faible .]

Syn. -- Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity; frailty; defect. See Fault .

Foil <Xpage=578>

Foil (foil) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foiled (foild) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foiling .] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one's feet, to press, oppress. See Full , v. t. ] 1. To tread under foot; to trample.

King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. Knoless.

Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle , In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. Spenser.

2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

And by <?/ mortal man at length am foiled . Dryden.

Her long locks that foil the painter's power. Byron.

3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase .

Addison.

Foil <Xpage=578>

Foil , v. t. [See 6th File .] To defile; to soil. [Obs.]

Foil <Xpage=578>

Foil , n. 1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Milton.

Nor e'er was fate so near a foil . Dryden.

2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.

Blunt as the fencer's foils , which hit, but hurt not. Shak.

?socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a word. Mitford.

3. The track or trail of an animal.

To run a foil , to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers.

Brewer.

Foil <Xpage=578>

Foil , n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil , fuil , fueil , foille , fueille , F. feuille , fr. L. folium , pl. folia ; akin to Gr.<?/ , and perh. to E. blade . Cf. Foliage , Folio .] 1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil ; tin foil ; gold foil .

2. (Jewelry) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.

Ure.

3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.

As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for foil of his milk-white to serve. Sir P. Sidney.

Hector has a foil to set him off. Broome.

4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.

5. (Arch.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.

Foil stone , an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.

Foilable <Xpage=578>

Foil"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being foiled.

Foiler <Xpage=578>

Foil"er (?) , n. One who foils or frustrates.

Johnson.

Foiling <Xpage=578>

Foil"ing , n. (Arch.) A foil.

Simmonds.

Foiling <Xpage=578>

Foil"ing , n. [Cf. F. foul\'82es . See 1st Foil .] (Hunting) The track of game (as deer) in the grass.

Foin <Xpage=578>

Foin (foin) , n. [F. fouine a marten.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The beech marten ( Mustela foina ). See Marten .

2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name. [Obs.]

He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins . Fuller.

Foin <Xpage=578>

Foin , v. i. [OE. foinen , foignen ; of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. fouiner to push for eels with a spear, fr. F. fouine an eelspear, perh. fr. L. fodere to dig, thrust.] To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [Obs.]

He stroke, he soused, he foynd , he hewed, he lashed. Spenser.

They lash, they foin , they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. Dryden.

Foin <Xpage=578>

Foin , v. t. To prick; to st?ng. [Obs.]

Huloet.

Foin <Xpage=578>

Foin , n. A pass in fencing; a lunge. [Obs.]

Shak.

Foinery <Xpage=578>

Foin"er*y (?) , n. Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. [Obs.]

Marston.

Foiningly <Xpage=578>

Foin"ing*ly (?) , adv. With a push or thrust. [Obs.]

Foison <Xpage=578>

Foi"son (?) , n. [F. foison , fr. L. fusio a pouring, effusion. See Fusion .] Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. [Archaic]

Lowell.

That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison . Shak.

Foist <Xpage=578>

Foist (foist) , n. [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel. Cf. 1st Fust .] A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Foist <Xpage=578>

Foist , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foisted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foisting .] [Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten , E. fizz , fitchet , bull fist .] To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in .

Lest negligence or partiality might admit or fois ? in abuses corruption. R. Carew.

When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South.

Foist <Xpage=578>

Foist , n. 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Foister <Xpage=578>

Foist"er (?) , n. One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsitier.

Mir. for Mag.

Foistied <Xpage=578>

Foist"ied (?) , a. [See 2d Fust .] Fusty. [Obs.]

Foistiness <Xpage=578>

Foist"i*ness (?) , n. Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]

Foisty <Xpage=578>

Foist"y (?) , a. Fusty; musty. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Fold <Xpage=578>

Fold (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Folded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding .] [OE. folden , falden , AS. fealdan ; akin to OHG. faltan , faldan , G. falten , Icel. falda , Dan. folde , Sw. f\'86lla , Goth. fal<?/an , cf. Gr.<?/ twofold, Skr. pu<?/a a fold. Cf. Fauteuil .] 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair .

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

A face folded in sorrow . J. Webster.

We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.

Fold <Xpage=578>

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.

Fold <Xpage=578>

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.

Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon.

Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.

2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, four fold , four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four .

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold . Shak.

Fold net , a kind of net used in catching birds.

Fold <Xpage=578>

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 Church or a church; as, Christ's fold .

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16.

The very whitest lamb in all my fold . Tennyson.

3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.]

Creech.

Fold yard , an inclosure for sheep or cattle.

Fold <Xpage=578>

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

Fold <Xpage=578>

Fold , v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]

The star that bids the shepherd fold . Milton.

Foldage <Xpage=578>

Fold"age , (<?/) n. [See Fold inclosure, Faldage .] (O.Eng.Law.) See Faldage .

Folder <Xpage=578>

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

Folderol <Xpage=578>

Fol"de*rol` (?) , n. Nonsense. [Colloq.]

Folding <Xpage=578>

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 inclosures on arable land, etc.

Folding boat , a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc.

Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Folding chair <???/, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. -- Folding door , one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.

Foldless <Xpage=578>

Fold"less , a. Having no fold.

Milman.

Foliaceous <Xpage=578>

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 foliaceous spike .

2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin lamin\'91; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar .

3. (Zo\'94l.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral .

Foliage <Xpage=578>

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, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage .

2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.

Foliage plant (Bot.) , any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus .

Foliage <Xpage=578>

Fo"li*age (?) , v. t. To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.]

Drummond.

Foliaged <Xpage=578>

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

Foliar <Xpage=578>

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 of a leaf. -- Foliar trace (Bot.) , a particular fibrovascular bundle passing down into the stem from a leaf.

Foliate <Xpage=578>

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 .

Foliate <Xpage=578>

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 .

Foliated <Xpage=578>

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 by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure .

4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.

5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.

Foliated telluium . (Min.) See Nagyagite .

Foliation <Xpage=578>

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 must be in relation to the stem. De Quincey.

3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.

4. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.

5. (Arch.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery .

6. (Geol.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.

Foliature <Xpage=578>

Fo"li*a*ture (?) , n. [L. foliatura foliage.] 1. Foliage; leafage. [Obs.]

Shuckford.

2. The state of being beaten into foil.

Johnson.

Folier <Xpage=578>

Fo"li*er (?) , n. Goldsmith's foil. [R.]

Sprat.

Foliferous <Xpage=578>

Fo*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. folium leaf+ -ferous : cf. F. foliif\'8are .] Producing leaves. [Written also foliiferous .]

Folily <Xpage=578>