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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



... that would matter little, were it not beyond thoughts too. But, at all events, this yellow leaf of dead gold, shed, not from the ruined woodlands, but the ruined rocks, will help you to remember the second kind of crystals, LEAF-crystals, or FOLIATED crystals, though I show you the form in gold first only to make a strong impression on you, for gold is not generally or characteristically, crystallized in leaves; the real type of foliated crystals is this thing, Mica; which if you once feel well and ...
— The Ethics of the Dust • John Ruskin
... compare the versus of the Middle Ages with the stiff sculptures on a Romanesque font, lifelessly reminiscent of decadent classical art; while the moduli, in their freshness, elasticity, and vigour of invention, resemble the floral scrolls, foliated cusps, and grotesque basreliefs of ...
— Wine, Women, and Song - Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse • Various


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