Foliot
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A foliot may refer to:
- Part of the verge escapementVerge escapementThe verge escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by advancing the gear train at regular intervals or 'ticks'. Its origin is unknown. Verge escapements were used from the 14th century until about 1800 in clocks...
for early clocks - A creature of Italian folklore (similar to lares and genii), as recorded by Gerolamo CardanoGerolamo CardanoGerolamo Cardano was an Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler...
and Robert BurtonRobert Burton (scholar)Robert Burton was an English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also the incumbent of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and of Segrave in Leicestershire.-Life:... - A member of a fictional people in the high fantasy novel The Worm OuroborosThe Worm OuroborosThe Worm Ouroboros is a heroic high fantasy novel by Eric Rücker Eddison, first published in 1922. The book describes the protracted war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in an imaginary world that appears mainly medieval and partly reminiscent of Norse sagas...
by E. R. Eddison - A fictional magical creatureMagic in the Bartimaeus trilogyMagic in the Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud can be created by two entities, the magician or the magical entity summoned from the Other Place.-Apprenticeship:...
in the Bartimaeus trilogyBartimaeus TrilogyBartimaeus is a fantasy series by Jonathan Stroud consisting of a trilogy published from 2003 to 2005 and a prequel novel published in 2010. The titular character, Bartimaeus, is a five-thousand-year-old djinni, a spirit of approximately mid-level power...
by Jonathan Stroud