What is to blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. Addison called?
foil — To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. Addison. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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