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flockmeal

adv

Etymology

From Middle English flockmel, from Old English flocmǣlum (“in flocks”); equivalent to flock + -meal.

  1. inherited from flocmǣlum — “in flocks”
  2. inherited from flockmel

Definitions

  1. In a flock

    In a flock; in flocks; in a herd.

    • And some Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen either for favour of the Queen, or for fear of themselves, assembled in sundry companies, and went flockmeal in harness: […]
    • Where to, the countrie franklins flock-meale swarme, / And Jhon and Jone com marching arme in arme.
    • So when they heard her voice they came thither flockmeal, and a great throng mingled of many kindreds was in the Hall, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA