Wiktionary
n. 1 Part of the verge escapement in early clocks. 2 A creature from Italian folklore.
Wikipedia
Foliot may refer to:
- Foliot (timepiece), part of the verge escapement for early clocks
- A member of a fictional people in the high fantasy novel The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
- A fictional magical creature in the Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
Usage examples of "foliot".
When the dance was done, the Red Foliot called the Kagu to him and made her sit on the bench beside him, and stroked her soft gray feathers and made much of her.
So that he was well pleased to mark the Red Foliot go softly from his seat on the dais and forth from the hall by a door behind the arras, and seeing this, himself departed softly amid the full tide of the Galliard, forth of that hall of swift movement and gleeful laughter, forth into the quiet evening, where above the smooth downs the wind was lulled to sleep in the vast silent spaces of the sky, and the west was a bower of orange light fading to purple and unfathomable blue in the upper heaven, and nought was heard save the murmur of the sleepless sea, and nought seen save a flight of wildfowl flying against the sunset.
For example, as a particularly fine specimen of a djinni, I treat other djinn and anything above my rank with a certain degree of courtesy, but give foliots and imps short shrift.
The Red Foliot sate in his car of polished ebony, drawn by six black horses with flowing manes and tails.
But for his other guests he let bear in the massy cups of silver, and the great eared wine jars holding two firkins apiece, and he let pour forth to the Witches and the Foliots, and they drank the cup of memory unto King Gorice XI.