a. [ Pref. bi- + fold. ] Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small, thin, flat container, usually made of leather or imitation leather, having a pocket of a size just large enough to hold paper currency and folded over once to fit in the pocket of one's clothing; it is a type of wallet, but having fewer compartments than the typical wallet. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blindfolding. ] [ OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down. ] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Luke xxii. 64. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a flexible object placed over the eyes to prevent seeing; usually a strip of cloth wrapped around the head so as to cover the eyes. [ PJC ]

adj. having a blindfold placed over the eyes; -- done to prevent the wearer from seeing.
Syn. -- blindfold. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Eight times a quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To infold. See Infold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of infolding. See Infoldment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding. ] [ OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. falþan, cf. Gr. di-pla`sios twofold, Skr. pu&tsdot_;a a fold. Cf. Fauteuil. ] 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold. ] 1. A doubling, esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod. ] 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A boundary; a limit. [ Obs. ] Creech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ See Fold inclosure, Faldage. ] (O.Eng.Law.) See Faldage. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of being folded into a more compact form.
Syn. -- folding(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. made compact by bending or doubling over. [ Narrower terms: accordion, plicate ; bifold ; closed ; doubled ; pleated ; rolled, rolled-up(prenominal) ; sunburst, sunray . ] Also See: collapsible, collapsable. Antonym: unfolded [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nonsense; foolish talk. [ Also spelled falderal and falderol. ] [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- humbug; balderdash; poppycock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lower foldings of the vest. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Folding chair, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. --
Folding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no fold. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. [ AS. feówerfeold. ] Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Four times as many or as much. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment; to quadruple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hundred times as much or as many. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Infolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Infolding. ] [ Pref. in- in + fold. ] [ Written also enfold. ] 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee,
And hold thee to my heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of infolding; the state of being infolded. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manifolded p. pr. & vb. n. Manifolding. ] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold. ] 1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. “The manifold wisdom of God.” Eph. iii. 10. “The manifold grace of God.” 1 Pet. iv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manifold writing, a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred; writing several copies of a document at once by use of carbon paper or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others; as, the exhaust manifold of an automobile engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manifold manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Multiplicity. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) A generalized concept of magnitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mille thousand + E. fold times. ] Thousandfold. [ R. ] Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + fold. ] Many times doubled; manifold; numerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nine times repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pinfold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For pindfold. See Pinder, Pound an inclosure, and Fold an inclosure. ] A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fold again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. échafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque. ] 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. [ 1913 Webster ]

That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scaffold. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Materials for building scaffolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. “Sevenfold rage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Seven times as much or as often. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. Gen. iv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. sixfealand. ] Six times repeated; six times as much or as many. [ 1913 Webster ]