Follicle

fol'lT-kl, n. (Bot.) A simple pod opening down the inner suture a ve el distended with air. (Anat.) A little bag in animal bodies a gland. [OF. follicule, L. fob- — liculus, dim. of follis, a bag.] Follic'ular, a. Like, pert, to, or consisting of, follicles. Follow, foKlo, V. [-LOWED (-lod), -lowing.] To go or come Follicle. (Bot.) after to go in pursuit of, strive to obtain to go with, as a leader, accept as authority, take as a rule of action; to copy after, take as an example; to succeed in order of time, rank, or office; to result from, as effect from cause, or inference from premise to watch, as a receding object to keep the mind upon while in progre ; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of; to attend upon closely, as a profe ion or calling, —v. To go or come after, pursue, attend, accompany, be a result, succeed. {ASjfylcgan.fyligan, D. volgen, Ic.fylgja, G.folgen, OHG. folken perh. folk (q. v.), orig. a crowd of people.] — Fol'lower, n. One who follows imitator; disciple adherent attendant. (Steam Eng.) The cover of a piston a gland. (Mach.) Part of a — machine that receives motion from another part. Fol'lowing, a. Being next after succeeding ensuing. Folly. See under Fool.