Flock (?), n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel. flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of flows, and akin to E. fly. See Fly.] 1. 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. Milton.
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The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. 2 Macc. xiv. 14.
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2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
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As half amazed, half frighted all his flock. Tennyson.
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Flock, v. t. To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
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Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. Taylor (1609).
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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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