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foliated
[ foh-lee-ey-tid ]
foliated
/ ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd /
adjective
- architect ornamented with or made up of foliage or foils
- (of rocks and minerals, esp schists) composed of thin easily separable layers
- (esp of parts of animals or plants) resembling a leaf
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- un·foli·ated adjective
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Example Sentences
Some very fine foliated brackets can be seen in the arch between this chapel and the choir aisle.
At the triforium base foliated brackets support vaulting shafts of three clustered columns.
The division between each stall shows either a well-executed foliated ornament, or an angel.
The shafts are detached from the wall; the central one is higher than the rest, and its capital is foliated.
The stones are found in pretty large angular pieces, appear foliated when broken, and the fragments are of a rhomboidal figure.
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