Part 4445

<blockquote> Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the <b>fold</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; <as>as, Christ's <ex>fold</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote> There shall be one <b>fold</b> and one shepherd. <i>John x. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> The very whitest lamb in all my <b>fold</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A boundary; a limit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Creech.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fold yard</col>, <cd>an inclosure for sheep or cattle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fold</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fold</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To confine in a fold, as sheep.</def>

<h1>Fold</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fold</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To confine sheep in a fold.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote> The star that bids the shepherd <b>fold</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foldage</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fold"age</hw>, <tt>(<?/)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fold</er> inclosure, <er>Faldage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O.Eng.Law.)</fld> <def>See <er>Faldage</er>.</def>

<h1>Folder</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fold"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.</def>

<h1>Folderol</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fol"de*rol`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Nonsense.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Folding</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fold"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.</def>

<blockquote>The lower <b>foldings</b> of the vest. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Folding boat</col>, <cd>a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc.</cd></cs>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Folding chair</col><???/, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. -- <col>Folding door</col></mcol>, <cd>one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foldless</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fold"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no fold.</def>

<i>Milman.</i>