Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves. |
Foil (v. t.) To tread under foot |
Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory |
Foil (v. t.) To blunt |
Foil (v. t.) To defile |
Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment |
Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point. |
Foil (n.) The track or trail of an animal. |
Foil (n.) A leaf or very thin sheet of metal |
Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass |
Foil (n.) Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. |
Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection. |
Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture |
Gold (n.) Alt. of Goolde |
Gold (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7. |
Gold (v. t.) Money |
Gold (v. t.) A yellow color, like that of the metal |
Gold (v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure |
Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded. |
Gold-beating (n.) The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. |
Gold-bound (a.) Encompassed with gold. |
Gold-hammer (n.) The yellow-hammer. |
Mannheim gold () A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc. |
Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet (v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet (v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Sheet chain () A chain sheet cable. |
Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris) |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
gold rush | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field |
black and gold garden spider Argiope aurantia | a widely distributed North American garden spider |
gold-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
Acapulco gold Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
aluminum foil aluminium foil tin foil | foil made of aluminum |
braid gold braid braiding | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains |
cookie sheet baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
fitted sheet contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
foil | a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button |
foil | a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal, the photographic film was wrapped in foil |
foil transparency | picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base, viewed with a projector |
gold foil | foil made of gold |
gold leaf | a very thin form of gold foil |
gold medal | a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
hydrofoil foil | a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through, the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils |
pall shroud cerement winding-sheet windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
sheet bed sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth, used in pairs |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
sheet web | an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
tinfoil tin foil | foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead |
amber gold | a deep yellow color, an amber light illuminated the room, he admired the gold of her hair |
old gold | a dark yellow |
gold | something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc., the child was as good as gold, she has a heart of gold |
foil enhancer | anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities, pretty girls like plain friends as foils |
gold standard | a paragon of excellence, academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged |
sheet piece of paper sheet of paper | paper used for writing or printing |
tear sheet | a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication |
style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication |
tabloid rag sheet | newspaper with half-size pages |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
tip sheet | a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc. |
dope sheet scratch sheet | a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races |
lead sheet | a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form |