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flockmeal
flockmeal
English
Adverb
flockmeal (not comparable)
- (now rare) In a flock; in flocks; in a herd.
- c. 1519, Thomas More, History of King Richard III:
- 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: […]
- 1592, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His **** (1601 Rawlinson MS):
- Whither our Country Franklins flockmeal swarm,
- And John and Joan come marching arm in arm,
- 1888, William Morris, A tale of the house of the Wolfings:
- So when they heard her voice they came thither flockmeal, and a great throng mingled of many kindreds was in the Hall, […]
- c. 1519, Thomas More, History of King Richard III: