† flock-mealadv.

Forms: Old English floc(c)-mǽlum, Middle English flocmele, flockmel, Middle English–1500s flo(c)kmell, -mele, 1500s–1600s flock(e)meale.

Etymology: Old English floccmǽlum , < flocc flock n.¹ + mǽlum, dative plural of mǽl measure: compare piecemeal, stoundemele.

Obsolete.

By companies or troops (of persons), rarely by groups or heaps (of things). In later use sometimes preceded by by or in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > in crowds or companies

flock-mealc893

flockingly14..

flockly1552

throngingly1598

troopmeal1600

throngly1653

troopwise1820

a-swarm1830

flock-wise1837

shoal-wise1883

mob-handed1970

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. v. §2 Hie þonne hie floccmælum slogan.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiv. 14 Than heithen men that fledden Judas fro Judee, flocmele ioynyden hem to Nychanore.

1482 Monk of Evesham 107 Theder came flockemele the multytude of tho blessyd sowlys.

1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kvij ^v The stones..Flocke meale, to corners of eche streete Are scatered.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 In cluster you see thee coompanye swarming On the shoare in flockmeale.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) ii. xxviii. 62 All the younger sort of the Senatours, approched by flockmeale, hard almost to the Consuls seats.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xviii. 697/1 Some Lords, Knights and Gentlemen..assembled in sundry Companies, and went flocke-meale in harnesse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	flock-meal
释义	† flock-mealadv. Forms: Old English floc(c)-mǽlum, Middle English flocmele, flockmel, Middle English–1500s flo(c)kmell, -mele, 1500s–1600s flock(e)meale. Etymology: Old English floccmǽlum , < flocc flock n.¹ + mǽlum, dative plural of mǽl measure: compare piecemeal, stoundemele. Obsolete. By companies or troops (of persons), rarely by groups or heaps (of things). In later use sometimes preceded by by or in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > in crowds or companies flock-mealc893 flockingly14.. flockly1552 throngingly1598 troopmeal1600 throngly1653 troopwise1820 a-swarm1830 flock-wise1837 shoal-wise1883 mob-handed1970 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. v. §2 Hie þonne hie floccmælum slogan. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiv. 14 Than heithen men that fledden Judas fro Judee, flocmele ioynyden hem to Nychanore. 1482 Monk of Evesham 107 Theder came flockemele the multytude of tho blessyd sowlys. 1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kvij ^v The stones..Flocke meale, to corners of eche streete Are scatered. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 In cluster you see thee coompanye swarming On the shoare in flockmeale. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) ii. xxviii. 62 All the younger sort of the Senatours, approched by flockmeale, hard almost to the Consuls seats. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xviii. 697/1 Some Lords, Knights and Gentlemen..assembled in sundry Companies, and went flocke-meale in harnesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.c893
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