flock paper

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flock paper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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