Folk: alternatives and connections

Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste produc…

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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Flax; linen.

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Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble par…

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A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

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The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.

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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.

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A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of…

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Alt. of Gentlefolks

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Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.

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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.

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An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.

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Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

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A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise.

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Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.

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Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.

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One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation.

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Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

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The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

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Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

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A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

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A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

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A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc…

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