What is "follow board"

Follow \Fol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Followed; p. pr. & vb. n. Following.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg[=e]n, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. f["o]lja, Dan. f["o]lge, and perh. to E. folk.]

1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

   It waves me forth again; I'll follow it.
   --Shak.

2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

   I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them.
   --Ex. xiv. 17.

3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

   Approve the best, and follow what I approve.
   --Milton.

   Follow peace with all men.
   --Heb. xii. 1

4. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites.
   --J. Edwards.

   4. To copy after; to take as an example.

   We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love.
   --Hooker.

5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

   He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.
   --Dryden.

8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

   O, had I but followed the arts!
   --Shak.

   O Antony! I have followed thee to this.
   --Shak.

   Follow board (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.
   --Knight.

   To follow the hounds, to hunt with dogs.

   To follow suit (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set.

   To follow up, to pursue indefatigably.

   Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain.

   Usage: - To Follow, Pursue. To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison.

n. (context metal founding English) A board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.