Definition of "foliate"

foliate

/ˈfəʊliət/

adjective
comparative more foliate, superlative most foliate
1. of or relating to leaves
2. shaped like a leaf
3. (geology) foliated
verb
third-person singular simple present foliates, present participle foliating, simple past and past participle foliated
1. To form into leaves.
2. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
  Quotations
  for leaf gold, or any metal foliated, will cling
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
3. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.