Foil
in fencing, a rod of steel, representing a sword, with a handle or hilt at one end, and a leather button at the other to prevent accidents. Foils measure from 31 to 38 inches in length.
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These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Foil, Foil, Foix.
Foil
a leaf or thin sheet of metal placed beneath transparent jewels to heighten their color and improve their brilliancy; also applied to those sheets of tin amalgam placed behind mirrors. They are made of copper, tin, and silvered copper. The sheet lead which is used for the lining of tea-chests is a species of foil. By extension, anything of another color, or of different qualities, which serves to adorn or set off a thing to advantage.
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Foix
GASTON III., COUNT DE and Viscount de Béarn, a French military officer; born in 1331; acquired the surname of Phœbus. He was handsome, accomplished, and brave, and spent his life in war and the chase. His first service in arms was against the English in 1345. During the revolt known as la Jacquerie he contributed to the rescue of the Dauphin at Meaux. He made war on the Count of Armagnac, and took him prisoner; was for a short time governor of Languedoc; and in 1390 magnificently entertained Charles VI. at his château of Mazères. Gaston was of excessively violent temper, and probably was guilty of the murder of his own son. He wrote a book on the pleasures of the chase, of which several editions were published. He died in 1391.
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Folcland
or FOLKLAND, the land of the people, that portion of Anglo- Saxon England which was retained on behalf of the community. It might be occupied in common or possessed in severalty, but could not become allodial estate or absolute private property except with the consent of the Witan or highest council in the land. From time to time large grants were made both to individuals and to communities; and land thus cut off from folcland was called bocland or "book-land." Ultimately the king practically acquired the disposal of it, and the remnant of folcland became crown lands.
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Folcmote
in Anglo-Saxon England, an assembly of the people to consult respecting public affairs.
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Foldvar
a walled town of Hungary, on the slope and summit of a hill, on the right bank of the Danube, 49 miles S. of Budapest; pop. about 12,000.
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Folger
CHARLES JAMES, an American jurist; born in Nantucket, Mass., April 16, 1818; settled in Geneva, N. Y., in 1831; was graduated at Hobart College in 1836; and was admitted to the bar in Albany, N. Y., in 1839. He became judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario county in 1843; was a member of the State Senate in 1861- 1869; elected associate judge of the State Court of Appeals in 1871; succeeded to the chief justiceship of that court in 1880; and was secretary of the United States Treasury in 1881-1884. In November, 1882, he was the Republican candidate for governor of New York, but was defeated by Grover Cleveland. He died in Geneva, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1884.
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Folio
in printing: (1) The running number of the pages of a book. The even folios are on the left-hand pages, the odd upon the right. The folios of prefatory matter are frequently in lower case Roman numerals. (2) A sheet of paper once folded. (3) A book of the largest size, whose sheets are folded but once, four pages to the sheet; hence it is used generally for any large volume or work. In bookkeeping, a page or opening in an account book. In law, a certain number of words in legal documents. The number varies in the States; thus in some of them, as in England, in low law documents, conveyances, deeds, etc., the folio is 72 words; in chancery and parliamentary proceedings 90 words. In New York and other States 100 words constitute a folio.
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Folk
JOSEPH WINGATE, an American public official, born in Brownsville, Tenn., in 1869. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1890. In the same year he was admitted to the bar. After practicing for 4 years in Brownsville, he removed to St. Louis, and from 1900 to 1904 was circuit attorney of that city. During his term of office he exposed a vast amount of political and official corruption and prosecuted numerous bribery cases which attracted wide attention. In 1905 he was elected governor of Missouri. He was the author of many reform laws during his term of office. In 1913 he was appointed solicitor for the United States Department of State and from 1914 was chief counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission. He was also general counsel for the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. In 1918 he was the Democratic primary nominee for United States senator, but was defeated.
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Folkestone
a fortified seaport town of England, in Kent co., 62 miles S. E. by E. of London, and 7 W. by S. of Dover. It possesses a spacious harbor and fine pier whence the tidal steamers sail twice a day to Boulogne on the French coast. It was the birthplace of William Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood. Pop. about 35,000.
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Follen
ELIZA LEE (CABOT), an American author; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 15, 1787. She was the wife of Charles T. C. Follen, whose memoirs she wrote (1842). Her other works are: "Well-Spent Hours" (1827); "Poems" (1839); "Anti - Slavery Hymns and Songs" (1855); "Twilight Stories" (1855); ; and "Home Dramas" (1859). She died in Brookline, Mass., Jan. 26, 1860.
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Follicle
a form of fruit placed by Lindley in his class Apocarpi. It differs from the legume in having but one valve instead of two. A flower of Nigella, or one of Delphinium, produces several such follicles. In anatomy, a follicle is a minute secreting bag, which commonly a mucous membrane; a opens upon simple gland. It is called also a crypt or lacuna.
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Follower
Where two wheels are toothed together the one that imparts the power is known as the driver, and the one receiving the power is called the follower.
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