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rds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl. Milton. The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. 2 Macc. xiv. 14.

A lamb. [Obs.] Brome (1659).

In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]

In a flock; in a body. [Obs.] That flockmel on a day they to him went. Chaucer.

Abounding with flocks; floccose.

Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. Gay. All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to…

ng of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.

alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.]

To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton.

A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.

A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).

A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

Crying as a sheep does. Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.

A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.

That which is bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.

To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.] Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade. Milton.

Covered with growing clover. Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson.

smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]

An associate; a confederate. [Obs.] Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth. Shak.