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Foliating

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.

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foliating

vb. (present participle of foliate English)

Usage examples of "foliating".

Lawrence is richer than any other I remember, with its magnificent pillars of dark red stone, rising and foliating out to form the roof.