Vocabulary : Fogless to Foiler

Fogless : Without fog; clear.
Fogy : A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. ;; In the United States service, extra pay granted to officers for length of service.
Fogyism : The principles and conduct of a fogy.
Foh : An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle.
Fohist : A Buddhist priest. See Fo.

Foible : Weak; feeble. ;; A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. ;; The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.
Foil : To tread under foot; to trample. ;; To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. ;; To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. ;; To defile; to soil. ;; Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. ;; A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point. ;; The track or trail of an animal. ;; A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil. ;; A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. ;; Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. ;; A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection. ;; The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a r
Foilable : Capable of being foiled.
Foiled : of Foil
Foiler : One who foils or frustrates.

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