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▪ I. † ˈinfold, n.1 Obs.
[f. in-1 or in-2 + fold n.3: infolding, and enfold n.]
1. A convolution.
1578[see enfold n.]. 1701C. Wolley Jrnl. N. York (1860) 41 First of the thick Guts, which by reason of its divers infolds and turnings seems to have no end.
2. The folding in of a part; a fold.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 303 A by-stander..observed an infold in his upper garment, and supposing the letter might be folded up therein, opened it.
▪ II. ˈinˌfold, n.2 rare.
[f. in adv. + fold n.2]
A fold or small field near a farm-house.
1860G. H. K. in Vac. Tour. 128 A rude enclosure near his house, which separated the infolds from the outfolds of his small farm.
▪ III. † inˈfold, v.1, † inˈfolded, ppl. a.
obs. varr. of enfold v.1, to envelop, enclose, contain, etc., enfolded ppl. a.
▪ IV. † inˈfold, v.2
obs. var. of enfold v.2, to shut up in, or as in, a fold. |