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flockmeal

flockmeal adverb: in a flock; in flocks; in a herd.

Adverb

flockmeal (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) 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: […]c. 1519, Thomas More, History of King Richard III
    • Where to, the countrie franklins flock-meale swarme, / And Jhon and Jone com marching arme in arme.c. 1592–1593 (date written), Thomas Nash[e], “The Choosing of Valentines”, in John S[tephen] Farmer, editor, The Choise of Valentines: Or The Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo […], London: Privately...

Origin of flockmeal

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

Questions about flockmeal

What does flockmeal mean?
Flockmeal means in a flock; in flocks; in a herd.
What part of speech is flockmeal?
Flockmeal is an adverb.

Words near flockmeal in the dictionary

  1. flocklings
  2. flockmaster
  3. flockmasters
  4. flockmate
  5. flockmates
  6. flockmeal
  7. flockowner
  8. flockowners
  9. flocks
  10. flocks together
  11. flockt

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