a. [ L. acutus sharp + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having sharp-pointed leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. adversus opposite + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [ Archaic ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of widely distributed shrubs and trees.
Syn. -- family Aquifoliaceae, holly family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. asper rough + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having rough leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + fold. ] Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + foliate. ] (Bot.) Having two leaves; two-leaved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + foliolate. ] (Bot.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small, thin, flat container, usually made of leather or imitation leather, having a pocket of a size just large enough to hold paper currency and folded over once to fit in the pocket of one's clothing; it is a type of wallet, but having fewer compartments than the typical wallet. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blindfolding. ] [ OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down. ] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Luke xxii. 64. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a flexible object placed over the eyes to prevent seeing; usually a strip of cloth wrapped around the head so as to cover the eyes. [ PJC ]

adj. having a blindfold placed over the eyes; -- done to prevent the wearer from seeing.
Syn. -- blindfold. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. caper goat + folium leaf. ] The woodbine or honeysuckle. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centifolius; centum + folium leaf. ] Having a hundred leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. defoliare, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. défoliation. ] to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. defoliare, defoliatum, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. défoliation. ] The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or process of causing plants to lose their leaves, especially by application of a chemical agent. The deliberate defoliation of plants has been used in war (as in Vietnam) to deprive an enemy of cover and allow attack from the air; also, to destroy narcotic-producing plants as a tactic against illegal drug production. The chemical defoliating agents are often sprayed over large areas from airplanes. [ PJC ]

a. Eight times a quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To infold. See Infold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of infolding. See Infoldment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Exfoliated p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating ] [ L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf. ] 1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. exfoliation. ] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.F. exfoliatif. ] Having the power of causing exfoliation. -- n. An exfoliative agent. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + foliaceous. ] (Bot.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. fålla, Goth. falþan, cf. Gr. di-pla`sios twofold, Skr. pu&tsdot_;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. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod. ] 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A boundary; a limit. [ Obs. ] Creech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ See Fold inclosure, Faldage. ] (O.Eng.Law.) See Faldage. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of being folded into a more compact form.
Syn. -- folding(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. made compact by bending or doubling over. [ Narrower terms: accordion, plicate ; bifold ; closed ; doubled ; pleated ; rolled, rolled-up(prenominal) ; sunburst, sunray . ] Also See: collapsible, collapsable. Antonym: unfolded [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nonsense; foolish talk. [ Also spelled falderal and falderol. ] [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- humbug; balderdash; poppycock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lower foldings of the vest. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no fold. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminæ; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [ R. ] Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and cf. Foliation, Filemot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliage plant (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage. ] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foliated p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating ] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]