- (v.t.) To flock to; to crowd.
- (n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.
- (n.) A lock of wool or hair.
- (n.) A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor or minister in charge.
- (v.t.) To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
- (sing./pl.) 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.
- (v.i.) To gather in companies or crowds.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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