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Almsfolk
Almsfolk Alms"folk`, n. Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] --Holinshed.
Folk lore
Folklore Folk"lore`, n., or Folk lore Folk" lore` . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. --Trench.
Folkething
Folkething Fol"ke*thing`, n. [Dan. See Folk, and Thing.] The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. See Legislature, below.
Folkland
Folkland Folk"land`, 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.
Folklore
Folklore Folk"lore`, n., or Folk lore Folk" lore` . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. --Trench.
Folkmote
Folkmote Folk"mote`, n. [AS. folcm[=o]t 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.] To which folkmote they all with one consent Agreed to travel. --Spenser.
Folkmoter
Folkmoter Folk"mot`er, n. One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court. [Obs.] --Milton.
Gentlefolk
Gentlefolk Gen"tle*folk`, Gentlefolks Gen"tle*folks`, n. pl. Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.
Gentlefolks
Gentlefolk Gen"tle*folk`, Gentlefolks Gen"tle*folks`, n. pl. Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.
Kinsfolk
Kinsfolk Kins"folk`, n. Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families. They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. --Luke ii. 44.
Norfolk
Norfolk Nor"folk, n. Short for Norfolk Jacket.
Norfolk dumpling
Norfolk dumpling Norfolk dumpling (Eng.) (a) A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk. (b) A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.
Norfolk Island pine
Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the white pine (P. Strobus), the Georgia pine (P. australis), the red pine (P. resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine (P. Lambertiana) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground. Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the Araucaria excelsa. Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] Pine borer (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into pine trees. Pine finch. (Zo["o]l.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary. Pine grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. Pine lizard (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. Pine marten. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. Pine moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. Pine mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse (Arvicola pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus. Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below). Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. Pine snake (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American snake (Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake. The Western pine snake (P. Sayi) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine. Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. Pine weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc. Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and pine-wood wool.
Norfolk jacket
Norfolk jacket Norfolk jacket A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt.
Norfolk plover
Norfolk plover Norfolk plover The stone curlew.
Norfolk spaniel
Norfolk spaniel Norfolk spaniel 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.
Townsfolk
Townsfolk Towns"folk`, n. The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
Tradesfolk
Tradesfolk Trades"folk`, n. People employed in trade; tradesmen. [R.] --Swift.
Workfolk
Workfolk Work"folk`, n. People that labor.

Meaning of Folk from wikipedia

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