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sexfoil

[ seks-foil ]

noun

  1. a round ornament consisting of six lobes divided by cusps.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sexfoil1

1680–90; sex- + -foil, as in trefoil
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Sexfoil, seks′foil, n. a plant or flower with six leaves.

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The pulpit is sexfoil in plan; one side is open, and one has a large cross carved upon it.

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The finest has a sexfoil foot, and there are angular projections in both between the foils, and a pierced perpendicular band below.

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In the treasury is a chalice also given by Queen Elizabeth the younger, late Gothic in style, with Renaissance additions, made of silver, parcel gilt, with niello and a little enamel; it has an octagonal knop with coats of arms reversed on quatrefoil ends and on the sexfoil foot.

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The ends have a rough sexfoil rose, which is repeated on the back between modern scrolls imitating the old.

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