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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.

See Faldage.

One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

Nonsense. [Colloq.]

The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.

Having no fold. Milman.

Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak.

To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Luke xxii. 64.

Eight times a quantity.

To infold. See Infold.

The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.

A hundred times as much or as many. He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.

To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore.

The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. Longfellow.

us in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12.

Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. [Obs.]

In a manifold manner.