Flock

·noun A lock of wool or hair.

II. Flock ·vi To gather in companies or crowds.

III. Flock ·vt To flock to; to Crowd.

IV. Flock ·noun A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.

V. Flock ·vt 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.

VI. Flock ·noun Woolen or cotton refuse (·sg / ·pl), old rags, ·etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.

VII. Flock ·noun 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.

VIII. Flock (·sg / ·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.