資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Foliating}.]
   1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.

   2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
      as, to foliate a looking-glass.