See Also: foliot(dictionary)

foliot (iou)



foliot noun. ME.
[Old French = fowler's snare, (also mod.) foliot of a clock, prob. from folier play the fool, from fol foolish. In sense 2 cf. Italian folletto = French (esprit) follet, dim. of fol.]
Foolish or deluding talk. Only in ME.
A kind of goblin. Only in E17.
Antiquities. The earliest form of escapement in clocks, consisting of a bar with adjustable weights on the ends. L19.