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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.

Capable of being foiled.

One who foils or frustrates. Johnson.

A foil. Simmonds.

A plane or arched surface for sustaining bodies by its movement through the air; a spread wing, as of a bird.

A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

al foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; - - called also counterstock. [Eng.]

An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

b (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow. Water milfoil (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves (Myriophyllum).

An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.

A deciduous plant; -- opposed to Ant: evergreen. J. Barton.

Same as Multifoil.

Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.

An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

Same as Quarterfoil.

An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.

See Septfoil.

An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.

Same as Tréflé.