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Webster 1913 Edition

Foliate

Fo′li-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
foliatus
leaved, leafy, fr.
folium
leaf. See
Foliage
.]
(Bot.)
Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
Foliate curve
.
(Geom.)
Same as
Folium
.

Fo′li-ate

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foliate

FO'LIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. foliatus, from folium, a leaf. Gr.]
1.
To beat into a leaf, or thin plate or lamin.
2.
To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver, &c.; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

FO'LIATE

,
Adj.
In botany, leafy; furnished with leaves; as a foliate stalk.

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