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flock
(mass) | flock
- veľa |
flock
(encz) | flock,hejno n: Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,houf n: Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,chomáč Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,roj Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,sběhnout se Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,shluk n: Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,shluknout se Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,shromáždit se Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,spousta n: Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,stádo n: Zdeněk Brož |
Flock
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocking.]
To gather in companies or crowds.
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Friends daily flock. --Dryden.
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Flocking fowl (Zool.), the greater scaup duck.
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Flock
(gcide) | Flock \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
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.
floccho, Icel. fl[=o]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,
or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]
1. A lock of wool or hair.
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I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks
in the point [pommel]. --Shak.
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2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc.,
reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for
stuffing unpholstered furniture.
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3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from
shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall
paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also,
the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
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Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse
wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed,
but repaired with straw." --Pope.
Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or
size.
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Flock
(gcide) | Flock \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
(gcide) | Flock \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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flock
(wn) | flock
n 1: a church congregation guided by a pastor
2: a group of birds
3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: troop,
flock]
5: a group of sheep or goats [syn: flock, fold]
v 1: move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the
shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets
constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster,
constellate, flock, clump] |
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flock
(mass) | flock
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birds of a feather flock together
(encz) | birds of a feather flock together,vrána k vráně sedá Zdeněk Brož |
flock
(encz) | flock,hejno n: Zdeněk Brožflock,houf n: Zdeněk Brožflock,chomáč Zdeněk Brožflock,roj Zdeněk Brožflock,sběhnout se Zdeněk Brožflock,shluk n: Zdeněk Brožflock,shluknout se Zdeněk Brožflock,shromáždit se Zdeněk Brožflock,spousta n: Zdeněk Brožflock,stádo n: Zdeněk Brož |
flocks
(encz) | flocks,hejna n: Zdeněk Brožflocks,houfuje v: Zdeněk Brožflocks,shlukuje v: Zdeněk Brožflocks,stáda n: Zdeněk Brož |
Elflock
(gcide) | Elflock \Elf"lock`\, n.
Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.
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Flock bed
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.
floccho, Icel. fl[=o]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,
or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]
1. A lock of wool or hair.
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I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks
in the point [pommel]. --Shak.
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2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc.,
reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for
stuffing unpholstered furniture.
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3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from
shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall
paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also,
the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
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Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse
wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed,
but repaired with straw." --Pope.
Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or
size.
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flock duck
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Raft \Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr
a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar;
cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof.
Cf. Rafter, n.]
1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the
like, fastened together, either for their own collective
conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in
conveying other things; a float.
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2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is
formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which
obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
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3. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of
people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A
whole raft of folks." --W. D. Howells.
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Raft bridge.
(a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts.
(b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened
together.
Raft duck. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense
flocks.] (Zool.)
(a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also
flock duck. See Scaup.
(b) The redhead.
Raft port (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side
for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a
timber or lumber port.
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Flock paper
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG.
floccho, Icel. fl[=o]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker,
or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.]
1. A lock of wool or hair.
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I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks
in the point [pommel]. --Shak.
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2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc.,
reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for
stuffing unpholstered furniture.
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3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from
shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall
paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also,
the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
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Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse
wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed,
but repaired with straw." --Pope.
Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or
size.
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Flocked
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocking.]
To gather in companies or crowds.
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Friends daily flock. --Dryden.
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Flocking fowl (Zool.), the greater scaup duck.
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Flocking
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocking.]
To gather in companies or crowds.
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Friends daily flock. --Dryden.
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Flocking fowl (Zool.), the greater scaup duck.
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Flocking fowl
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocking.]
To gather in companies or crowds.
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Friends daily flock. --Dryden.
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Flocking fowl (Zool.), the greater scaup duck.
[1913 Webster]Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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flocking fowl
(gcide) | Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocking.]
To gather in companies or crowds.
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Friends daily flock. --Dryden.
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Flocking fowl (Zool.), the greater scaup duck.
[1913 Webster]Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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Flockling
(gcide) | Flockling \Flock"ling\, n.
A lamb. [Obs.] --Brome (1659).
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Flockly
(gcide) | Flockly \Flock"ly\, adv.
In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]
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Flockmel
(gcide) | Flockmel \Flock"mel\, adv. [AS. flocm?lum. See Meal part.]
In a flock; in a body. [Obs.]
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That flockmel on a day they to him went. --Chaucer.
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Flocky
(gcide) | Flocky \Flock"y\, a.
Abounding with flocks; floccose.
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self-locking
(gcide) | Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
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Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
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2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; operating with minimal human
intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in
which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are
done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic
feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic
engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic
transmission. The opposite of manual.
Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal),
semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating,
self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ;
{self-winding . Also See: mechanical.
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3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will;
mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; as, automatic movements or
functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary
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Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'
Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
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Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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flock
(wn) | flock
n 1: a church congregation guided by a pastor
2: a group of birds
3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
4: an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" [syn: troop,
flock]
5: a group of sheep or goats [syn: flock, fold]
v 1: move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the
shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets
constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster,
constellate, flock, clump] |
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