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foil
(redirected from tin foil)

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foil1
Hunting any scent that obscures the trail left by a hunted animal

foil2
1. metal in the form of very thin sheets
2. the thin metallic sheet forming the backing of a mirror
3. Architect a small arc between cusps, esp as used in Gothic window tracery
4. short for aerofoil, hydrofoil

foil [fȯil]
(metallurgy)
A thin sheet of metal, usually less than 0.006 inch (0.15 millimeter) thick.

FOIL - File Oriented Interpretive Language. CAI language.

["FOIL - A File Oriented Interpretive Language", J.C. Hesselbart, Proc ACM 23rd National Conf (1968)].


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cardboard strips * feathers * Styrofoam packing peanuts * pieces of cloth (strips of old clothing) * shredded newspaper/construction paper * tin foil * vegetable shortening * cotton balls
Made with "watercolor, gouache, colored pencils, inks, tin foil, candy wrappers, shredded papers, stencils, rubber stamps, and much collage on primed brown paper bags," the large, square pictures frequently use rubber-stamped letters to extend the wit of the poems.
The first time we met Wild Tim was back in 'Nam, where he was welding bamboo and tin foil to make skateable spots off the coast of Bangladesh.
 
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