FOLIATING

Verb

foliating

present participle of foliate

Source: Wiktionary


FOLIATE

Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.)

Definition: Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.

Fo"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]

1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.

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



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