See Also: Flock(medicine)
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flock 1, noun(dictionary)
flock 2, verb(dictionary)

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flock noun1.
[Old English flocc = Middle Low German vlocke, Old Norse flokkr: ult. origin unkn.]
A band, body, or company of people. Now obsolete exc. as in transf. from senses 2 and 3. OE.
Ld Berners They parceyued a flocke of men of armes commynge togyder.
b. In pl. Great numbers, 'swarms'. M16.
Bible (Coverdale): 2 Maccabees 14:14 The Heithen which fled out of Iewry..came to Nicanor by flockes.
A number of animals of one kind, esp. birds, feeding or travelling together. ME.
J. Rathbone Flocks of larks and fieldfares rose ahead of me.
A number of domestic animals of one kind, now usu. sheep, goats, or geese, kept together. ME.
flocks and herds sheep and cattle.
Pope He..sitting down, to milk his flocks prepares.
a. The Christian body, esp. in relation to Christ as the Good Shepherd; a congregation, esp. in relation to its pastor. ME.
Bible (AV): 1 Peter 5:2 Feede the flocke of God which is among you. R. Hoggart Like the relationship laid down as proper between the minister and his flock.
b. A group of people, as children, pupils, etc., under the charge or guidance of one or more persons as parents, teachers, etc. L19.
Comb.: flock-book a list of pedigrees of sheep; flock-master a sheep-farmer; flock pigeon an Australian bronzewing pigeon, Phaps histrionica, forming large flocks.
flockless adjective L16.