foliated, ppl. a.
(ˈfəʊlɪeɪtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
† 1. = foliate a. 1. Obs.
| 1666 Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. ii. v. 334 Spirit of Salt..being heated..would readily enough dissolve foliated Gold. |
b. Covered with foil, silvered.
| 1665 Hooke Microgr. 214 A convex Looking-glass, or foliated Glass-ball. |
2. Composed of thin leaf-like layers or laminæ. Chiefly Geol. and Min. foliated earth of tartar, an old name of potassium acetate.
| 1650 Ashmole Arcanum 205 This Earth is white and foliated, wherein Philosophers doe sow their gold. 1794 Sullivan View Nat. II. 332 Crystals and gems are found to be of a foliated structure. 1833 Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 11 Crystalline precipitates..with a foliated and stratified structure. 1854 Thomson Cycl. Chem., Foliated Tellurium, Red Telluride of Lead. 1866–7 Livingstone Last Jrnls. (1873) I. iv. 85 Near the Lake..mica schist and gneiss foliated. |
3. Chiefly Zool. and Conchol. Shaped like a leaf or leaves; in leaf-like forms. See also quot. 1859.
| 1846 Patterson Zool. 28 Some of these [‘sea-mats’]..present a foliated appearance. 1846 Dana Zooph. iv. 83 By growth laterally, the explanate or oblique foliated species originate. 1854 Woodward Mollusca (1856) 91 Sutures angulated, or lobed and foliated. 1859 Page Handbk. Geol. Terms s.v. Foliated, Certain shells are said to be foliated, when their surfaces are covered with leaf-like projections, as the rose-bush murex. |
4. Arch., etc. a. Ornamented with foils. foliated arch (see quot. 1840). b. Consisting of or ornamented with leaf-work or foliage.
| 1840 Parker Gloss. Archit. (ed. 3), Foliated Arch, an arch with a trefoil, cinquefoil, or multifoil under it. 1849 Brandon Goth. Archit. I. 25 Small shafts with delicately carved foliated caps. 1851 E. Sharpe Seven Periods 25 The earlier Windows exhibit tracery which consists almost exclusively of plain foliated circles. 1886 Ruskin Præterita I. v. 163 Our parlour table loaded with foliated silver. |
5. Furnished with or consisting of leaves. spec. in Her.
| 1721–90 Bailey, Foliated, Leaved or having Leaves. 1756 P. Browne Jamaica (1789) 128 This plant..bears a large foliated top. 1828–40 Berry Encycl. Her. I, Foliated, leaved. |
6. Mus. (See quot.)
| 1876 Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, Foliated, a melody or portion of plain-song is said to be foliated when slurred notes have been added above or below those of which it originally consisted. |
7. Carpentry. Rabbeted.
| 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 900/2 Foliated-joint (Carpentry), a rabbeted joint, where one part overlies another. |