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Flocky
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| flock2 (flɒk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tuft, as of wool, hair, cotton, etc |
| 2. | a. waste from fabrics such as cotton, wool, or other cloth used for stuffing mattresses, upholstered chairs, etc |
| b. (as modifier): flock mattress | |
| 3. | very small tufts of wool applied to fabrics, wallpaper, etc, to give a raised pattern |
| 4. | another word for floccule |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to fill, cover, or ornament with flock |
| [C13: from Old French floc, from Latin floccus; probably related to Old High German floccho down, Norwegian flugsa snowflake] | |
| 'flocky2 | |
| —adj | |
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