• Flockmeal

    Origin

    From , from , equivalent to . See -meal.

    Full definition of flockmeal

    Adverb

    flockmeal

    1. (now rare) In a flock; in flocks; in a herd.
      • circa 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 Dildo (1601 Rawlinson MS):Whither our Country Franklins flockmeal swarm,And John and Joan come marching arm in arm,
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