flock

flock
{{11}}flock (n.1) O.E. flocc "a group of persons, company, troop," related to O.N. flokkr "crowd, troop, band," M.L.G. vlocke "crowd, flock (of sheep);" not found in other Germanic languages; perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for O.E. Extended c.1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c.1300. Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their local pastor, from mid-14c. The verb meaning "to gather, congregate" is from c.1300, from the noun. Related: Flocked; flocking.
{{12}}flock (n.2) "tuft of wool," mid-13c., probably from O.Fr. floc, from L. floccus "flock of wool, lock of hair."

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