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cinqfoil

cinqfoil is the alternative spelling of cinquefoil.

Meaning of cinquefoil

Noun

cinquefoil (plural cinquefoils)

  1. A potentilla (flower).
    • Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112
  2. A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
  3. A particular knot of five crossings.
    Synonyms:
    cinquefoil knot, 5_1, T(5,2)

Forms of cinqfoil

pluralcinqfoils

Questions about cinqfoil

What is cinqfoil the alternative spelling of?
Cinqfoil is the alternative spelling of cinquefoil.

Words near cinqfoil in the dictionary

  1. cinoxacin
  2. cinoxate
  3. cinoxolone
  4. cinpropazide
  5. cinq
  6. cinqfoil
  7. cinqfoils
  8. cinqs
  9. cinquain
  10. cinquains
  11. cinque

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