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We have spotted FOIL (4 Letters) a total of 30 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with FOIL and also when and where was it last seen:

Definition

• To tread under foot; to trample.
• To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
• To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
• To defile; to soil.
• Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
• A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
• The track or trail of an animal.
• A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
• 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.
• Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
• A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
• 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.

Referring crossword puzzle clues

Usage among publishers:

  • LA Times: Sep 11, 2024
  • USA Today: Aug 2, 2024
  • Wall Street Journal: Apr 12, 2024
  • New York Times: Feb 21, 2024
  • Universal: Nov 19, 2023
  • New York Times: Oct 20, 2023
  • LA Times: Sep 22, 2023
  • Thomas Joseph: Jul 8, 2023
  • LA Times: Jul 7, 2023
  • Eugene Sheffer: Apr 13, 2023
  • Newsday: Feb 7, 2023
  • LA Times: Jan 30, 2023