flockn.1
/flɒk/, U.S. /flɑk/ 1.
a. A band, body, or company (of persons). Now only as transferred from 2 or 3.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]
ferec975
flockOE
gingc1175
rout?c1225
companyc1300
fellowshipc1300
covinc1330
eschelec1330
tripc1330
fellowred1340
choira1382
head1381
glub1382
partya1387
peoplec1390
conventc1426
an abominable of monksa1450
body1453
carol1483
band1490
compernagea1500
consorce1512
congregationa1530
corporationa1535
corpse1534
chore1572
society1572
crew1578
string1579
consort1584
troop1584
tribe1609
squadron1617
bunch1622
core1622
lag1624
studa1625
brigadea1649
platoon1711
cohort1719
lot1725
corps1754
loo1764
squad1786
brotherhood1820
companionhood1825
troupe1825
crowd1840
companionship1842
group1845
that ilk1845
set-out1854
layout1869
confraternity1872
show1901
crush1904
we1927
familia1933
shower1936
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered
weredc725
trumec893
thrumOE
wharfOE
flockOE
farec1275
lithc1275
ferd1297
companyc1300
flotec1300
routc1300
rowc1300
turbc1330
body1340
numberc1350
congregation1382
presencec1390
meiniec1400
storec1400
sum1400
manya1425
collegec1430
peoplec1449
schoola1450
turm1483
catervea1492
garrison?a1513
shoal1579
troop1584
bevy1604
roast1608
horde1613
gross1617
rhapsody1654
sortment1710
tribe1715
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. an. 894 Hi [MS. him] mon mid oþrum floccum sohte.
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxxii. 8 Gif Esau cymþ to anum flocce & þone ofslihþ, se oþer flocc byþ gehealden.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 3 Moni of þan floc manna þe earþon fulieden ure drihten.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 85 Ne þunche þe neauer god imong monne floc.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 536 Fynd foure freres in a flok, þat folweþ þat rewle.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxiv. 203 They parceyued a flocke of men of armes commynge togyder.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Sam. x. 5 Thou shalt meete there a flocke of prophetes.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Triumph of Life in Posthumous Poems (1824) 84 Whom from the flock of conquerors Fame singled out.
b. plural used to indicate: Great numbers, ‘swarms’.
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the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude
sandc825
thousandc1000
un-i-rimeOE
legiona1325
fernc1325
multitudec1350
hundred1362
abundancec1384
quantityc1390
sight1390
felec1394
manyheada1400
lastc1405
sortc1475
infinityc1480
multiplie1488
numbers1488
power1489
many1525
flock1535
heapa1547
multitudine1547
sort1548
myriads1555
myriads1559
infinite1563
tot-quot1565
dickera1586
multiplea1595
troop1596
multitudes1598
myriad1611
sea-sands1656
plurality1657
a vast many1695
dozen1734
a good few1756
nation1762
vast1793
a wheen (of)1814
swad1828
lot1833
tribe1833
slew1839
such a many1841
right smart1842
a million and one1856
horde1860
a good several1865
sheaf1865
a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869
immense1872
dunnamuch1875
telephone number1880
umpty1905
dunnamany1906
skit1913
umpteen1919
zillion1922
gang1928
scrillion1935
jillion1942
900 number1977
gazillion1978
fuckload1984
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xiv. 14 The Heithen which fled out of Iewry from Iudas, came to Nicanor by flockes.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 443 Whence springeth these Flockes of Studientes, that over-swarme the whole land.
2.
a. A number of animals of one kind, feeding or travelling in company. Now chiefly applied to an assemblage of birds (esp. geese) or (as in sense 3) of sheep or goats; in other applications commonly superseded by herd, swarm, etc.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock
herda1000
flockc1200
routc1300
flowinga1382
rabblec1400
meinie1481
many1579
school?1590
plump1591
charm1801
band1824
mob1828
the world > animals > birds > [noun] > flock of
shoal1579
flock1598
wisp1806
pod1827
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 39 Þe deules beden ure louerd ihesu crist þat he hem sende into floc of swin.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1964 Alsua ȝe ete of na fiss ellis, Bot þat in flock and herd duellis.
1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 41 Ther is a pole at Brecknock, Therin of fish is many a flok.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 138 If I do not..driue all thy subiects afore thee like a flock of wild geese. View more context for this quotation
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. v. §8. 698 Sixteene Elephants together in one flocke.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 205 I found whole flocks of the same kind [mites] running to and fro among the..green moss.
1690 Moral Ess. Pres. Times iii. 48 A Flock of Lions.
1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 102/1 Glades, where we saw flocks of camels and goats browsing.
1875 C. F. Wood Yachting Cruise iv. 91 Flocks of pigeons and parrots were fluttering about.
b. transferred.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 98 Her aȝeines wraððe haueð monie remedies frouren amuche floc.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. i. 35 The rich golden shaft Hath kill'd the flocke of all affections else That liue in her. View more context for this quotation
1642 T. Fuller Holy State To Rdr. sig. A2 Some serious books, which dare flie abroad, are hooted at by a flock of Pamphlets.
1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 100 Fire, sword, pestilence, famine, often keep company and visit a country in a flock.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iii. 72 Lamps, Gateways, Flocks of Churches, Courts and Towers.
3. esp. A number of domestic animals (chiefly, and now exclusively, of sheep or goats) kept together under the charge of one or more persons. Often used vaguely in plural for (a person's) possessions in sheep; esp. in flocks and herds = sheep and cattle.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock > of domestic animals
herda1000
droveOE
flock1340
drift?c1450
town herd1605
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > property in sheep
flocka1616
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5891 I sal aske my flok of shepe Of þe hird þat had þam undir his hand.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3820 Iacob..Faand quare thre floks o beistes lai, Be-side a well.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 167/2 Floke of bestys.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3529 The fonden shepe on his shuldres laid he & broght to flokke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iv. 82 His Flockes, and bounds of feede Are now on sale. View more context for this quotation
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 289 He..sitting down, to milk his flocks prepares.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 107 A goat, the patriarch of the flock.
1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. vii. 233 The increase both of men and flocks soon occasions disputes.
4. figurative.
a. In spiritual sense, of a body or the whole body of Christians, in relation to Christ as the ‘Chief Shepherd’, or of a congregation in relation to its pastor.
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society > faith > church government > laity > [noun]
sheepc825
herdc1000
layc1330
flocka1340
fold1340
clergy1382
temporalty1387
lay-feec1425
temporalityc1485
laity?1541
lealty1548
people1549
layperson1972
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxviii. 1 Apostils þat ware ledirs of godis floke.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. Prol. 16 Christes..flocke without guide Deuour'd is on euery side.
c1440 York Myst. xxvii. 146 The flokke schall be full fayne to flee.
1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Trueth of Discipline iii. 19 The minister is a shepheard, and his charge a flocke.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Pet. v. 2 Feede the flocke of God which is among you. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 14 He that..faithfully from that time forward feeds his Parochiall Flock.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. x. 296 The Father-director and his flock seemed perfectly to understand each other.
1865 E. C. Gaskell Cousin Phillis ii. 40 The minister..had been calling on the different members of his flock.
b. Occasionally applied to any body of persons under the charge or guidance of some one; e.g. to a family of children in relation to their parents.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. Simple attributive.
flock district n.
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1795 Scots Mag. 57 480/1 The recent loss of sheep, after shearing, in the flock districts.
flock farm n.
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1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 432 Where lands of this description are attached to flock farms.
C2. Objective.
flock-feeder n.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > pastor > [noun]
herd971
shepherda1300
herdmanc1320
angelc1384
pastora1387
flock-feeder1545
dominea1679
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 67v To maintayne..ydle bisshops, preistis and monkis, the trewe flokfeders neglected.
C3. Instrumental.
flock-fed adj.
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1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village i. 2 The proud eminence, whose steep For ever flock-fed, shelters his loved elms.
flock-nibbled adj.
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1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 107 On each blade Of the flock-nibbled field.
C4.
flock-book n. a list of pedigrees of sheep.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep- or flock-book
sheep-book1831
flock-book1912
1912 W. Deeping Sincerity xxvi. 195 Crabbe kept a complete register of his tenants..their ages, resources, infirmities, and characters, like the records of sheep in a ‘flock-book’.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 144/1 Stud sheep which are entered in flock books.
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flock-duck n. U.S. a scaup-duck.
flock-feeding n. the habit of feeding in flocks.
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the world > animals > by eating habits > eating habits > [noun] > flock-feeding
flock-feeding1893
1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco iii. 19 This flock-feeding saves a lot of time spent in looking out for danger.
flock-man n. a shepherd ( Cent. Dict.).
flock-master n. an owner or overseer of a flock; a sheep-farmer.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-farmer
sheep-mastera1520
wool-master?1552
sheepman1591
tup-man1790
flock-master1798
sheep-farmer1805
tup-breeder1831
squatter1840
pastoralist1879
sheep-walker1885
wool king1889
wool-owner1894
sheep cocky1949
1798 Sporting Mag. 11 307 The flock~masters of the South Downs.
1883 Times 19 May 5 Many of..the flockmasters..have upwards of 10,000 sheep.
flock pigeon n. an Australian species of pigeon, Histriophaps histrionica, usually seen in large flocks; the harlequin bronzewing.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Phaps
squatter1872
squatter pigeon1881
flock pigeon1887
1887 G. J. Broinowski Birds Austral. III. Pl. 111 Leucomelana Norfolciensis..White-headed Fruit-Pigeon... This bird, more commonly known among settlers as the ‘Flock’ Pigeon, is found generally along the whole of the north~eastern sea-coast.
1959 Observer 17 May 8/4 The flock-pigeon, a plump bronze-wing formerly thought to be on the brink of extinction.
1966 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 4) 23 Topknot pigeon... Also called Flock Pigeon. Usually seen in flocks, frequenting brushes.
flock-rake n. Scottish (see quot.).
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1813 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick vi. §2. 179 Very large pastures, provincially termed flock-rakes.
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flockn.2
/flɒk/, U.S. /flɑk/ 1. A lock, tuft or particle (of wool, cotton, etc.). †As a type of something valueless or contemptible: see quot. 1592 and flock v.2 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > [noun] > tuft of
lockeOE
topa1250
flockc1440
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > light and fluffy
flockc1440
flake1653
floccule1845
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 167/2 Flokkys of wulle or oþer lyke, floccus.
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. f. 48 They looke whyte lyke flocks of wolle.
1592 J. Lyly Midas iv. ii I will never care three flocks for his ambition.
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xiv. 250 A sort of Hair as thick set as Flocks of Wool.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 283 When the pods [of cotton] are..ripe, they burst, and expose their seeds, wrapt up in their native flocks, to the sun.
1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 96 Bronchitis, from the inhalation of fine particles of coal..flocks of cotton.
2. figurative.1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. N4 Swelling words, bumbasted out with the flocks of sundry languages.
a. plural. A material consisting of the coarse tufts and refuse of wool or cotton, or of cloth torn to pieces by machinery, used for quilting garments, and stuffing beds, cushions, mattresses, etc.
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for stuffing or filling
flocks1277
capiton1612
padding1640
wattins1690
wadding1734
packing1779
pugging1801
stopping1823
chinking1837
stopper1879
air foam1937
1277 in H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis (1860) III. 433 xv capella nigra..falsi operis et mixti de lana et flokkes.
a1400 Cov. Myst. 241 Cadace wolle or flokkys..To stuffe withal thi dobbelet.
1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 238 Item, gevin to Gildow to by flolkis to the harnes sadillis ijs.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 19 Federbeddes bolsters and pillows made of..flokkis and feders togidre.
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E b Their fleece [is] for flockes, not cloath.
1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 69 A Cushion stuff't with Flocks.
1695 W. Congreve Love for Love i. i. 6 Put more Flocks in her Bed.
1801 ‘P. Pindar’ Tears & Smiles 80 A bed, but not of flocks.
1858 W. White Month in Yorks. xxvii. 292 The cylinder..ground it [rag] up into flocks of short, frizzly-looking fibre.
b. singular collective; e.g. in cotton-flock.
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1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §797 The stuffing..may be clean cotton flock.
3. † b. Often in the spelling flox(e taken as singular.
a. plural (in later use collective singular) Powdered wool or cloth, or cloth-shearings, used formerly for thickening cloth and now in making flock-paper.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > [noun] > powdered wool or cloth
flocks1483
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 Preamble The Sellers of such course Clothes, being bare of Threde, usen for to powder and cast Flokkys of fynner Cloth upon the same.
1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 18 Thei..shall [not]..make or stoppe any maner kerseies with flockes.
1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory i. iv. 43 Flokes or Shavings of Cloath..are chiefly used to spread over Plasters.
1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 367 The flock—which is composed of the cuttings of woollen cloth, cut up in a mill to the necessary degree of fineness, and dyed,—is then sprinkled over the paper.
ΚΠ
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount vi. f. 113v Take..of clothmaker's floxe or shearing, one part.
1683 J. Pettus Fleta Minor (1686) i. 155 Make each apart into Pouder..add to it so much flox of woollen cloth.
4.
a. = flock-bed n. at Compounds 1a.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > mattress > filled with flock
flock-bed1327
flock1783
flock mattress1864
1783 G. Crabbe Village i. 18 Here, on a matted flock, with dust o'erspread, The drooping wretch reclines his languid head.
b. plural = flock-papers (flock-paper n.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wall-paper > types of
stucco paper1749
caffoy paper1750
flock-paper1750
domino paper1839
wood-hanging1869
Morris1872
velvet-paper1875
flock1881
lincrusta1882
anaglypta1887
screen print1928
scenics1934
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1646 Papers for sitting-rooms may be procured at all prices, from 1s...satins..ranging from 3s. to 6s., and flocks being even more expensive.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 86/1 Artistic Wall Papers of various kinds..Raised Flocks.
5. plural. Of chemical precipitates, etc.: Light and loose masses, resembling tufts of wool.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > precipitation > precipitate > of chemical precipitates
flocks1592
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G3 v Not to leaue anie flockes in the bottome of the cup.
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 617 In the evaporation of all those waters, their terrestrial parts form'd themselves diversly; some into floting filmes, some into flocks.
1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 327 The minute particles collected and fell to the bottom in form of white flocks.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 200 It..precipitates again, as the liquid cools, in large deep-blue flocks.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. Simple attributive. Passing into adjective (= made of, or stuffed with, flock).
a.
flock-bed n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > mattress > filled with flock
flock-bed1327
flock1783
flock mattress1864
1327 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham 1854) 37 I beqweth to my sonne Hugh doghter a fflokbedd.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 15 On once a flockbed, but repair'd with straw..Great Villers lies.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. xxxiv. 238 No furniture but a flock-bed in the corner.
flock hangings n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > types of
crespine?1533
flock hangingsa1657
ball fringe1812
lambrequin1883
wall-hangings1896
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II xcvi, in Poems (1878) III. 161 Soe in Flocke Hangings, wth an Azure Nose, Are Kings sett forth.
flock mattress n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > mattress > filled with flock
flock-bed1327
flock1783
flock mattress1864
1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 296 All flock and woollen mattresses should be discarded.
flock-wool n.
ΚΠ
1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 169 I have made use of Spanish and Norfolk flock-wool mixed.
b.
flock-mill n.
ΚΠ
1720 London Gaz. No. 5837/4 The great Paper Mills, Flock-Mills, and Corn Mill.
flock-work n.
ΚΠ
1552 in Surrey Archæol. Coll. (1869) 4 28 Item ij alter clothes of fflock worke.
1720 London Gaz. no. 5877/3 Raw and thrown Silk, Flock-Work.
C2. Similative.
a.
flock-hair n.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > bushy or thick
bush1509
hair-bush1580
bush-heada1603
shag1607
fella1616
mop1616
bush-hair1692
hassock1754
mopheada1816
shock-head1817
shock1819
flock-hair1878
tousle1880
1878 W. J. J. Spry Cruise Her Majesty's Ship ‘Challenger’ (ed. 7) xiii. 215 The flock hair was trained to grow at right angles from the head.
flock-headed adj.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > bushy, thick > having
shaggeda1000
roughOE
thick-hairedc1405
busheda1513
bush-haired1530
maned1530
bush-headed1552
shack-haired1555
mop-headed?1566
shag-haired1577
shag-hair1584
shaggyc1590
rug-headed1597
hirsute1621
hobby-headeda1625
shock1681
shocky1698
shock-head1842
tousled-headed1860
tousle-haired1880
flock-headed1891
thick-piled1976
1891 V. C. Cotes Two Girls on Barge 109 He..apostrophised his steed as a ‘nasty flock~headed besom’.
b.
flock-like adj.
ΚΠ
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 339 Pileus..brown, with flock-like radiated scores.
C3. † flock-pate n. Obsolete a foolish or giddy person.† flock-pated adj. Obsolete foolish, giddy, stupid.† flock-pox n. Obsolete some eruptive disease.
flock-paper n. ‘paper prepared for walls by being sized in the first instance, either over the whole surface or over special parts, constituting the pattern only, and then powdering over it flock..which has been previously dyed’ (Brande Dict. Sc. 1842).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wall-paper > types of
stucco paper1749
caffoy paper1750
flock-paper1750
domino paper1839
wood-hanging1869
Morris1872
velvet-paper1875
flock1881
lincrusta1882
anaglypta1887
screen print1928
scenics1934
1750 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 593 I have hung my dressing room..with a dove-colour flock paper.
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 29 An artist..whose drawing-room wall..has a flock-paper of deep green.
ΚΠ
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 510 Very flockpates, dullberds.
ΚΠ
?1640 in Roxburghe Ballads (Ball. Soc.) II. 168 He that would be a poet Must no wayes be flocke-pated.
flock-powder n. = sense 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > wool > powdered
flock-powder1549
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Giv They cal it flocke pouder they do so incorporate it to ye cloth yt it is wonderful to consider.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > other eruptive diseases
gutta rosaceac1400
spotted death1623
spotted fever1623
horse-pox1656
flock-pox1672
hog pox1676
spotted pestilence1783
salt rheum1809
molluscum1813
molluscum contagiosum1817
grease-pox1822
horn-pox1822
date fever1836
glass-pock1858
molluscum sebaceum1866
verruga1873
furunculosis1886
gutta rubea1886
flannel rash1888
vaccinide1889
rubeoloid1893
pox1897
veld sores1898
spotted sickness1899
sweat-rash1899
synanthema1899
sporotrichosis1908
alastrim1911
pseudoxanthoma elasticum1933
monkeypox1960
scleromyxœdema1964
yusho1969
1672 in 13th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1892) vi. 272 My grandchild's..illness of the flock pox.
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flock-printing n. the process of printing paper in size or varnish for ornamentation and dusting with flock while wet.
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flockv.1
/flɒk/, U.S. /flɑk/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals)
gathera975
samOE
flockc1275
assemble1297
ensemblea1300
sanka1300
semblea1325
applyc1384
minga1400
resemble1477
suma1500
congregatea1513
amass1573
troopa1592
convene1596
to scum together1596
conventicle1597
rally1603
entroop1609
rustle1883
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > in large numbers
to flock in1587
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 4729 Brenne..flockede his cnihtes alse hii solde to fihte.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 167/2 Flokkyn, or gadyr to-gedyr, aggrego, congrego.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. vii. 9/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II So had he flocked in Englishmen to ouerrun his countrie.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead away or forth
forthleadOE
to take forthc1300
deduct1549
deduce1578
flock1599
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > lead away > to another flock
flock1599
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1629) 220 There were more danger of flocking away theyr people, if they should haue but a bare view of our Reformed Churches.
1672 Toleration not to be abused 28 You may possibly gather together a few stragling sheep out of other mens folds, but..there will not be wanting such, as may exercise your vigilancy, by undermining you, and endeavouring to flock them away from you.
3. intransitive (rarely †reflexive). To gather in a company or crowd, to congregate; to come or go in great numbers, to troop. Const. about, after (a person), †in, into, to, upon (a place). Also with adverbs in, out, over, together.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or go in great numbers
flocka1400
to have concourse1555
concur1577
thwacka1652
stream1735
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move back and forth or come and go > in great numbers
swarmc1386
flocka1400
pour1574
troop1610
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge > of numbers of people
flocka1400
afflue1483
to have concourse1555
concur1577
conflow1606
thwacka1652
pile1925
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals > in large numbers
thringOE
threngc1175
crowda1400
flocka1400
swarm1526
growl1542
throngc1565
shoala1618
horde1801
bike1805
fry1816
hotch1893
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1781 Þe fouxuls floked þam on hei.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4709 To gider þei flocked in þat lond Bi hundrides.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 386 Þer-on [mountaynez] flokked þe folke, for ferde of þe wrake.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxvi His fayre folke in firthes, flokkes in fere.
1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 9 They floke so fast, that daily sought my bloode.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. i. 112 Many yong Gentlemen flocke to him euery day. View more context for this quotation
1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 158 [The Morocco ambassador] Hath been..much flock't after to be seen.
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 160 The Fish will flock about it from all Parts.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 31 July (1965) I. 427 Many of the women flock'd in to see me.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xvii. 303 All the fowl of heaven flocking to the feast.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ii. 16 On their holidays, the whole population flock out to some beautiful garden.
1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 12 Traders continued to flock over from Gaul.
4. transitive.
a. To crowd upon, throng (a person).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > crowd upon
thringc1000
pressc1450
throng1534
flock1609
crowd1614
scrouge1755
1609 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgr. in Wks. (1630) 122 Good fellowes trooping, flock'd me so.
1943 L. Bennett Jamaican Humour in Dial. 21 But dose bwoys ovah dere Wi' flock we like dese gals flock De soljas ovah here.
b. To fill or occupy as a flock does.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 215 Since first they flocked creation's fold.
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flockv.2
/flɒk/, U.S. /flɑk/ 1. transitive.
a. To stuff with flocks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > make internal or interior [verb (transitive)] > line > pad or stuff > with specific material
flock1530
bedown1611
bestraw1611
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 552/2 Flocke your mattres for woll is dere.
b. To cover (a prepared surface of cloth or paper) with flock or wool-dust (see flock n.2 2 – 4).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with other materials
rosin1357
tallowa1400
oildreg?1440
overlute1527
mastica1538
flock1567
gum1612
betallow1638
begum1730
roset1773
soft-soap1833
French-chalk1870
brasque1880
vaseline1891
1567 Sc. Act Jas. VI (1814) 41/2 Þat þe said clayth be na wyiss flokkit.
18.. Manufacturer's Rev. XX. 223 If the goods have been heavily flocked..there may be trouble in getting them evenly sheared.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt
unworthc950
to make scorn at, toc1320
to take in vainc1330
despise1377
rebuke?a1400
despite1481
indign1490
to make a mumming of1523
flock1545
scandalize1566
to make coarse account of1578
misregard1582
overpeer1583
to make a pish at (also of)1593
to make a push at1600
to bite by the nose1602
blurta1625
to piss ona1625
to make wash-way of, with1642
trample1646
huff1677
snouch1761
to walk over (the course)1779
to run over ——1816
snoot1928
shaft1959
1545 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. xx. 47 Suche simple wedowes therefore do they easily flocke and loute.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Kivv What is to flocke and despyse God yf that be not?
a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) 390 They..flock and flout whosoever would have them to continue there.
Derivatives
ˈflocking n. (attributive) .
ΚΠ
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 886/1 Flocking-machine, one for distributing flock on a prepared surface of cloth or paper.
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