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Bible Dictionaries
Flock
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A lock of wool or hair.
(2):
(n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(n.) A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
(6):
(v. t.) To flock to; to crowd.
(7):
(v. i.) To gather in companies or crowds.
(8):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/flock.html. 1828.
