Definition of flock

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Flock (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..

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Scry :: Scry (v.) A flock of wild fowl.
Shepherd :: Shepherd (n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large..
Flocky :: Flocky (a.) Abounding with flocks; floccose.
Flock :: Flock (v. t.) To flock to; to crowd.
Ganza :: Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world..
Bellwether :: Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck..
Heritage :: Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge..
Gregal :: Gregal (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a flock..
Flockmel :: Flockmel (adv.) In a flock; in a body.
Bevy :: Bevy (n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes..
Tend :: Tend (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks..
Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack..
Flockling :: Flockling (n.) A lamb.
Covey :: Covey (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges..
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth..
Scud :: Scud (n.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged..
Lock :: Lock (n.) A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair..
Floccillation :: Floccillation (n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases..
Flock :: Flock (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..
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