n. Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [ Archaic ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Dan. See Folk, and Thing. ] The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. See Legislature, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ AS. folcland. ] (O.Eng. Law) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, 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 bookland or charter land, which was held by deed. Mozley & W.
n. [ AS. folcmōt folk meeting. ] An assembly of the people; esp. (Sax. Law), a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court. [ Hist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To which folkmote they all with one consent
Agreed to travel. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]
In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Folk song,
Folk speech,
adj.
n. [ German. ] a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others; -- referred to especially in NAZI racial theories.
n. Relatives; kindred; kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family or closely related families. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Relatives; kindred; kin; kinfolk; persons of the same family or closely related families. [ 1913 Webster ]
They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Luke ii. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Russian, concatenated from kollektivnoye khozyaistvo,
n. a member of a kolkhoz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
prop. n. A Chinese genus having only one species, the beauty bush.
n. Short for Norfolk Jacket. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. (Eng.)
. A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. The stone curlew. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white color. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Pol. Polka a Polish woman: cf. F. & G. polka. ]
Polka jacket,
n. The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. People employed in trade; tradesmen. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
‖n. [ D. ] A legislative assembly or parliament of any one of several countries colonized by the Dutch, esp. that of the South African Republic, or the Transvaal, and that of the Orange Free State. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. People that labor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. yolke, yelke, &yogh_;olke, &yogh_;elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See Yellow. ]
Yolk cord (Zool.),
Yolk gland (Zool.),
Yolk sack (Anat.),