foldenadj.
/ˈfəʊldən/ Obsolete exc. archaic.
= folded adj.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective]
folden1435
doublea1475
appliedc1500
folded1570
reduplicated1599
redoubled1601
plicated1683
duplicated1741
plicate1760
doubled1860
enfolded1879
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > closed specifically of doors or gates
yclyketed1393
folden1435
latchedc1440
sported1792
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > enfolding or enveloping
folden1435
folded1570
involving1611
investing1615
circumvolving1638
obsident1644
circumvolved1668
enfolding1669
investient1695
shrining1826
enveloping1828
enwrapping1850
scarfing1897
the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven
writhenOE
twinedc1300
locked1488
wreathena1500
plait1529
implicatec1540
context?1541
twisted1548
weaved1552
wreathed?1552
texed1572
well-woven1578
woven1590
interlaced1593
entrailed1599
entest1608
implicit1608
folden1612
inextricate?1615
intertissueda1616
complicatea1626
enwreathed1631
interwoven1642
inwoven1667
intertwineda1680
plectilea1682
well-wove1690
implicated1761
osiered1820
inwrought1824
complected1828
impleached1829
internetted1849
enlaced1851
threaded1853
interknit1885
interwrought1895
pleached1896
interweaved1898
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > folded (of wings)
folden1857
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 74 Bolnyd with foldyn Argumentis.
1512 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 114 Unam tabulam vocatam ‘a folden borde’ cum tribus foliis.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. i. 11 The faldin ȝettis baith vp warpit brayd.
1572 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 348 One lyttle fauden table.
1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. iv. i. 138/2 Foulden wreathes of fine linnen.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant liv. 211 A wooden Chest of Drawers, which opens with Folden Doors.
1857 Blackwood's Mag. 81 337 He sang, and drew..Angels down, on folden wings.
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