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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Flock
,
n.
1.
A
lock
of
wool
or
hair
.
I
prythee
,
Tom
,
beat
Cut's
saddle
,
put
a
few
flocks
in
the
point
[pommel].
--
Shak
.
2.
Woolen
or
cotton
refuse
(
sing. ∨ pl.
),
old
rags
,
etc
.,
reduced
to
a
degree
of
fineness
by
machinery
,
and
used
for
stuffing
unpholstered
furniture
.
3.
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
.
Flock bed
,
a
bed
filled
with
flocks
or
locks
of
coarse
wool
,
or
pieces
of
cloth
cut
up
fine
.
“Once
a
flock
bed
,
but
repaired
with
straw.”
--
Pope
.
Flock paper
,
paper
coated
with
flock
fixed
with
glue
or
size
.
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