Flock \Flock\, n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel.
flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of
flows, and akin to E. fly. See Fly.]
1. A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially
applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except
in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a
flock of ravenous fowl. --Milton.
The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. --2
Macc. xiv. 14.
2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their
relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
As half amazed, half frighted all his flock.
--Tennyson.
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Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocking.]
To gather in companies or crowds.
Friends daily flock. --Dryden.
Flocking fowl (Zo["o]l.), the greater scaup duck.
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Flock \Flock\, v. t.
To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. --Taylor
(1609).
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Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.
floccho, Icel. fl[=o]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,
or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]
1. A lock of wool or hair.
I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks
in the point [pommel]. --Shak.
2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc.,
reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for
stuffing unpholstered furniture.
3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from
shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall
paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also,
the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse
wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. ``Once a flock bed,
but repaired with straw.'' --Pope.
Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or
size.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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