foliate

foliate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.
  2. 2.To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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