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We have spotted FOIL (4 Letters) a total of 28 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
- Fencing blade
- Aluminum product that sparks in the microwave
- Fencing sword
- Fencing option
- Kitchen wrap
- Hat material for the paranoid
- Wrap that shouldnt be microwaved
- Shiny wrap
- Fencing weapon
- Thwart
- Aluminum wrap
- Wrap for leftovers
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