flockyadj.
/ˈflɒki/, U.S. /ˈflɑki/ a. Resembling flock; flock-like.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 107 The whole plant consisteth of a woollie or flockie matter.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xii. 403 It [this nebula] is formed of little flocky masses, like wisps of cloud.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 96 Bicolorin..is usually in the state of a light flocky powder.
b. Abounding with flocks or locks of woolly matter; floccose.
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flocky1707
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 469 Flocky Heads and clotted Hair.
Compounds
flocky-white adj.
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c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 191/2 The zinc becomes oxidised, producing a flocky-white powder.
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