Part 4449

<h1>Folk, Folks</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw><hw>Folk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Folks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n. collect. & pl.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>folc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>volk</ets>, OS. & OHG. <ets>folk</ets>, G. <ets>volk</ets>, Icel. <ets>f<?/lk</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>folk</ets>, Lith. <ets>pulkas</ets> crowd, and perh. to E. <ets>follow</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The organization of each <b>folk</b>, as such, sprang mainly from war. <i>J. R. Green.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; <as>as, the old <ex>folks</ex>; poor <ex>folks</ex>.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old <b>folks</b>, and let them tell thee tales. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The persons of one's own family; <as>as, our <ex>folks</ex> are all well</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq. New Eng.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<cs><col>Folk song</col>, <cd>one of a class of songs long popular with the common people.</cd> -- <col>Folk speech</col>, <cd>the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.</cd></cs>

<h1>Folkland</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Folk"land`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>folcland</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O.Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Land held in villenage, being distributed among the <i>folk</i>, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to <i>book</i>land or <i>charter</i> land, which was held by deed.</def>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Folklore, n., &or; Folk lore</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw><hw>Folk"lore`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, &or; <hw>Folk" lore`</hw><hw><def>. Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people.</def>

<i>Trench.</i>

<h1>Folkmote</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Folk"mote`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>folcm<?/t</ets> folk meeting.]</ety> <def>An assembly of the people</def>; esp. <fld>(Sax. Law)</fld>, <def>a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court.</def> <mark>[Hist.]</mark>

<blockquote>To which <b>folkmote</b> they all with one consent Agreed to travel. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Folkmoter</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Folk"mot`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Follicle</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"li*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>folliculus</ets> a small bag, husk, pod, dim of <ets>follis</ets> bellows, an inflated ball, a leathern money bag, perh. akin to E. <ets>bellows</ets>: cf. F. <ets>follicule</ets>. Cf. 2d <er>Fool</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; <as>as, a hair <ex>follicle</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A small mass of adenoid tissue; <as>as, a lymphatic <ex>follicle</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Follicular</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol*lic"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Affecting the follicles; <as>as, <ex>follicular</ex> pharyngitis</as>.</def>

<h1>Folliculated</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol*lic"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having follicles.</def>