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Foliated

adjective
1.
Ornamented with foliage or foils.  Synonym: foliate.  "A foliated capital"
2.
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata.  Synonyms: foliaceous, foliate.


Foliate

verb
(past & past part. foliated; pres. part. foliating)
1.
Hammer into thin flat foils.
2.
Decorate with leaves.
3.
Coat or back with metal foil.
4.
Number the pages of a book or manuscript.  Synonyms: page, paginate.
5.
Grow leaves.





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"Foliated" Quotes from Famous Books



... springs from clustered columns, branching into an enriched groined ceiling, with a very large and embellished pendent key-stone in the centre, from which will be suspended the chandelier to light the whole of the interior. The ornaments of this key-stone are of a very elegant character: its foliated tracery, as well as the richness of the bosses, corbels, and other embellishments throughout the interior, are extremely beautiful. The pewing, gallery fronts, and fittings will be of fine oak; and we learn that the ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 20, Issue 558, July 21, 1832 • Various
... on through the summer darkness between rows of electric globes drooping like huge white moon flowers from their foliated bronze stalks, on up the splendid avenue, past the great brilliantly illuminated hotels, past the white cathedral, past clubs and churches and the palaces of the wealthy; on, on along the park wall edged by its double rows of elms under which shadowy forms ...
— The Tracer of Lost Persons • Robert W. Chambers


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