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enfolder, infolder|ɛn-, ɪnˈfəʊldə(r)| [f. enfold v.1 + -er.] One who or something which enfolds; † in quot. spec. an enveloping membrane.
1545T. Raynalde Womans booke (1564) 45 Bryngyng from thence the veine of the chylde, betweene his seconde and the innermost infolder. Ibid. i. (1634) 79 The third or the inmost infolder of the child..is so thinne that one may easily see through it. 18..Mrs. Browning Wine of Cyprus Poet. Wks. (1883) 30 That shadow, the enfolder of your quiet eyelids. |