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gregal, a.|ˈgriːgəl|
Also 6 gregall.
[ad. L. gregāl-is, f. greg-, grex flock, crowd, multitude.]
1. Pertaining to a flock, or to the multitude. rare.
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 68 Caractacus..was brought to Rome emonge other gregall captives. 1656Blount Glossogr., Gregal, of the same flock or company, common. 1873W. S. Mayo Never again vii, For this gregal conformity there is a cause and an excuse.
†2. = gregarious. Obs.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 557 When once his flesh is tickled with lust, he groweth tame, gregal and loving. 1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 921 A winged Insect, gregal or hearding. Ibid., He is a..flocking or gregal creature. |