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| any of a number of similar major vertical divisions of a large interior or wall; a division of a window between a mullion and an adjoining mullion or jamb |
| the distinctively treated upper end of a column |
| foliate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | a. relating to, possessing, or resembling leaves |
| b. in combination: trifoliate | |
| 2. | (of certain metamorphic rocks, esp schists) having the constituent minerals arranged in thin leaflike layers |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to ornament with foliage or with leaf forms such as foils |
| 4. | to hammer or cut (metal) into thin plates or foil |
| 5. | (tr) to coat or back (glass, etc) with metal foil |
| 6. | (tr) Compare paginate to number the leaves of (a book, manuscript, etc) |
| 7. | (intr) (of plants) to grow leaves |
| [C17: from Latin foliātus leaved, leafy] | |