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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flock, n.
 1. A lock of wool or hair.
    I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].   --Shak.
 2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. ∨ pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.
 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.
 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.