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foliot

/ˈfəʊliət/

foliot noun: part of the verge escapement in early clocks.

Noun

foliot (plural foliots)

  1. Part of the verge escapement in early clocks.
  2. A creature from Italian folklore that makes noises and flings objects about.
    • Terrestrial devils are those lares, genii, faunes, satyrs, wood-nymphs, foliots, fairies[…]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Forms of foliot

pluralfoliots

Phrases with foliot

Questions about foliot

What does foliot mean?
Foliot means part of the verge escapement in early clocks.
What part of speech is foliot?
Foliot is a noun.
How do you pronounce foliot?
Foliot is pronounced /ˈfəʊliət/.
What is the plural of foliot?
The plural of foliot is foliots.

Words near foliot in the dictionary

  1. foliophagy
  2. folios
  3. foliose
  4. foliosely
  5. foliosity
  6. foliot
  7. foliots
  8. folious
  9. foliphagous
  10. folisol
  11. folisolic

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