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flocc;  floccle;  flock,  flocke,  floke,  flokke; 
pl. flockis  (flocken,  folke  YBB Ed II xxvi 166)  
  FEW:  floccus 3,625a Gdf:  floc 1 4,33c GdfC: ∅ TL: floc 3,1931 DEAF:  floc  DMF:  floc 1  TLF:  floc 2  OED:  flock n.2  MED:  flok n.2  DMLBS:  floccus 963b

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1textileflock, waste wool: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  villus: floc  TLL ii 173
( 1300 )  qe nul drap ne soit fait de flockes blecche  Lib Cust 125
( 1321 )  qe nul chapel de flokkes (var. (B: ) folkes; (C: ) flokes) ne mellé de flokkes [...] serrait vendu par aliens ne par genz de cest terre  YBB Ed II xxvi 166
( 1464-65 )  pro lé flokkys emp. pro lé bosteres, 23d.  Durham 154
♦med.textilelint: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Pus pernét leine carpie, ceo est a dire 'floccles', e moyllét en oyle violette e metét sur le piz  A-N Med ii 165
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1160 )  John Flocc  Family Names Flock
flocs de laine
textileflock, waste wool: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  floccis laneis: (D) flockis de laine  TLL ii 88.73

See also:

flocart  floché  flochet  flocun  flocuné 
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