foil

• To blunt
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• To defile
• anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing´s good qualities
• a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
• a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
• picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base
• a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
• enhance by contrast
• cover or back with foil
• To tread under foot
• To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory
• Failure of success when on the point of attainment
• A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point
• The track or trail of an animal
• A leaf or very thin sheet of metal
• A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass
• Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage
• A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection
• The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Missouri

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