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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.

Begotten by a fool. Shak.

Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.

wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.] Blackstone.

Mad; frantic. [R.] They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.

870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and friggot.]

A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. Bell gable. See under Bell. -- Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end. -- Gable wall. Same as Gable (b). -- Gable window, a window in a gable.

Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.

, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oöspore. In Zoöl., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.

ence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Johnson. Thou hast got the face of man. Herbert.

That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

Same as Gigot. Cut the slaves to giggets. Beau. & Fl.

Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

A small ingot of gold.

An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.

a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. Farrow.

under parts are black. Also called South American glutton. (b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.

What may be got without skill or merit. Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. Shak.

Hold; influence. When the devil hath got such a hank over him. Bp. Sanderson.