Look up: trefoil

1. Trefoil
   Three-lobed.
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2. trefoil
   An ornamental form which has three lobes or foils.
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3. trefoil
   [n] - an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle
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4. Trefoil
   three-lobed
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5. Trefoil
   A cusped decoration of three lobes.
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6. Trefoil
   is a refractory structure in the preheating zone of some rotary kilns, dividing the kiln into three channels, to improve heat transfer between the hot gases and the limestone.
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7. trefoil
   literally '3 leaves': a three lobed shape formed by cusps (q.v.)
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8. Trefoil
   See foil.
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9. Trefoil
   An ornament, or symbol, or architectural form which has three lobes or foils. Also called trilobed. If it is the plan of a building then the term triconch can also be used. Also see: triconch.
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10. Trefoil
    A three lobed shape.
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11. trefoil
    1. <botany> Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic. ... 2. An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils. ... 3. A charge representing the clover l...
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12. trefoil
    noun an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle
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13. Trefoil
    • (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils. • (n.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic. • (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.
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14. Trefoil
    In architecture a trefoil is an ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils used in Gothic architecture in the heads of window-lights, tracery, panellings, etc, in which the spaces between the cusps represent the form of a three-lobed leaf.
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15. Trefoil
    In heraldry the term trefoil describes a charge representing the clover leaf.
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16. trefoil
    three-lobed or three-leaved motif
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17. Trefoil
    A three-leafed shape.
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18. Trefoil
    Three-lobed opening or arch.
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19. trefoil
    trefoil (trē'foil) [O.Fr.,=three-leaf], in botany, name for several plants, chiefly of the pulse family, having trifoliate leaves. Best known of the trefoils is clover. The bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) is an Old World forage plant and weed that has been naturalized in North Ame...
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20. trefoil
    Any of several clover plants of a group belonging to the pea family, the leaves of which are divided into three leaflets. The name is also used for other plants with leaves divided into three lobes. (Genus Trifolium, family Leguminosae.) Bird's-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, also belonging to the pea ...
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21. Trefoil
    `Trefoil` (from Latin , "three-leaved plant", French , German and ) is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings used in architecture and Christian symbolism. The term is also applied to other symbols of three-fold shape. Architecture: T...
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