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English Dictionary: foliated	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foliated adj ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" Synonym(s): foliate, foliated (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata Synonym(s): foliate, foliated, foliaceous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, 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]:
Foliated \Fo"lia`ted\, a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated* shell. 2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch. 3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure. 4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose. 5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. {Foliated telluium}. (Min.) See {Nagyagite}.