Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foliated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foliated \Fo"li*a`ted\, a.
1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated
shell.
2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a
foliated arch.
3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates
or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of
laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica
schist, etc.; schistose.
5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
{Foliated telluium}. (Min.) See {Nagyagite}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foliated
adj 1: (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate
tracery"; "a foliated capital" [syn: {foliate}]
2: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
or strata [syn: {foliate}]
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