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<hw>Fol"low*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>folwere</ets>, AS. <ets>folgere</ets>.]</ety> <def>1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sweetheart; a beau.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>A. Trollope.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Piston</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A gland. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Stuffing box</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See <er>Driver</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Imitator; copier; disciple; adherent; partisan; dependent; attendant.</syn>

<h1>Following</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"low*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Vocation; business; profession.</def>

<h1>Following</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"low*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Next after; succeeding; ensuing; <as>as, the assembly was held on the <ex>following</ex> day</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the erth's rotation); <as>as, a small star, north <ex>following</ex> or south <ex>following</ex></as>. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called <i>preceding</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are <i>north</i>, <i>south</i>, <i>following</i>, <i>preceding</i>.</note>

<h1>Folly</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Follies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>folie</ets>, <ets>foli</ets>, F. <ets>folie</ets>, fr. <ets>fol</ets>, <ets>fou</ets>, foolish, mad. See <er>Fool</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.</def>

<blockquote> What <b>folly</b> 'tis to hazard life for ill. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.</def>

<blockquote>[Achan] wrought <b>folly</b> in Israel. <i>Josh. vii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When lovely woman stoops to <b>folly</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The result of a foolish action or enterprise.</def>

<blockquote> It is called this man's or that man's "<b>folly</b>," and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after years. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Folwe</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"we</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To follow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fomalhaut</h1> <Xpage=579>