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- English Word Fog'ger Definition One who fogs; a pettifogger.
- English Word Foge Definition The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin.
- English Word Fogged Definition of Fog
- English Word Foggily Definition In a foggy manner; obscurely.
- English Word Fogginess Definition The state of being foggy.
- English Word Fogging Definition of Fog
- English Word Foggy Definition Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.
- English Word Foggy Definition Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
- English Word Fogie Definition See Fogy.
- English Word Fogies Definition of Fogy
- English Word Fogless Definition Without fog; clear.
- English Word Fogy Definition A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.
- English Word Fogyism Definition The principles and conduct of a fogy.
- English Word Foh Definition An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle.
- English Word Fohist Definition A Buddhist priest. See Fo.
- English Word Foible Definition Weak; feeble.
- English Word Foible Definition A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
- English Word Foible Definition The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.
- English Word Foil Definition To tread under foot; to trample.
- English Word Foil Definition To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
- English Word Foil Definition To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
- English Word Foil Definition To defile; to soil.
- English Word Foil Definition Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- English Word Foil Definition A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
- English Word Foil Definition The track or trail of an animal.
- English Word Foil Definition A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
- English Word Foil Definition A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.
- English Word Foil Definition Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
- English Word Foil Definition A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
- English Word Foil Definition The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.