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Foil v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foiled p. pr. & vb. n. Foiling.]
1. To tread under foot; to trample.
King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless.
Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle,
In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. --Spenser.
2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
And by ░ mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden.
Her long locks that foil the painter's power. --Byron.
3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
foiled
adj : disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and
thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: defeated,
disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted]