foliate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: foliate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for foliate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foliate adj ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" Synonym(s): foliate, foliated (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'" (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata Synonym(s): foliate, foliated, foliaceous v hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" decorate with leaves coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass" number the pages of a book or manuscript Synonym(s): foliate, paginate, page grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliate \Fo"liate\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliate \Fo"liate\, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See {Foliage}.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate* stalk. {Foliate curve}. (Geom.) Same as {Folium}.