FLOCK  . 1 . (A word found in Old See also:

• ENGLISH

English and Old See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian, from which come the Danish and See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish words, and not in other See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages), originally a See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• PEOPLE

people, now mainly, except in figurative usages, of certain animals when gathered together for feeding or moving from See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place . For birds it is chiefly used of geese; and for other animals' most generally of See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and goats . It is from the particular application of the word to sheep that flock " is used of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church in its relation to the " See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good Shepherd," and also of a See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation of worshippers in its relation to its spiritual See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . 2 . (Probably from the See also:

• LAT

Lat . /loccus, but many Teutonic languages have the same word in various forms), a tuft of See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton or similar substance . The name " flock " is given to a material formed of wool or cotton refuse, or of shreds of old woollen or cotton rags, torn by a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine known as a " See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

devil." This material is used for stuffing mattresses or pillows, and also in upholstery . The name is also applied to a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall-See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, which has an See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance almost like See also:

• CLOTH

cloth,, or, in the more expensive kinds, of See also:

• VELVET

velvet . It is made by dusting on a specially prepared adhesive See also:

• SURFACE

surface finely powdered See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres of cotton or See also:

• SILK

silk . The word " flocculent "is used of many substances which have a fleecy or " flock "-like appearance, such as a precipitate of ferric See also:

• HYDRATE

hydrate .