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n.
One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.
n.
The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.
v.
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
n.
The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
n.
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24ยก.
v. i.
To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
v. t.
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
v. t.
To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
v. t.
To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
n.
A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.
n.
One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
a.
Having no fold.
n.
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
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Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
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The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.
v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold.
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