Flock vs Muckle - What's the difference?
flock | muckle |
A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
* {{quote-book
, year=1995
, author=Green Key Books
, title=God's Word to the Nations (John 10:16)
* Tennyson
A large number of people.
* Bible, 2 Macc. xiv. 14
To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
* 1609 , Taylor
To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
A lock of wool or hair.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].
Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock -paper on the walls.
(chiefly, Scotland) A great amount.
(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Large, massive.
* , song A Pair o Nicky-tams :
(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Much.
(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
* {{quote-book, 1954, Elizabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day
, passage= And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?}}
* {{quote-book, 2002, William G. Wilkoff, The Maternity Leave Breastfeeding Plan, isbn=0743213459
, passage=Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.}}
* {{quote-book, 2004, William J. Vande Kopple, The Catch: Families, Fishing, and Faith, page=18, isbn=0802826776
, passage=When an exhausted sucker is hauled to the top of The Wall, usually its muckling circle of a mouth goes into a frenzied sucking spasm.}}
(rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
* {{quote-book, 1896, ,
, passage=I told him all, / Both bad and good; / I bade him call — / He said he would: / I added much — the more I muckled , / The more that chuckling chummy chuckled! }}
As nouns the difference between flock and muckle
is that flock is a large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration or flock can be coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding while muckle is (chiefly|scotland) a great amount.As verbs the difference between flock and muckle
is that flock is to congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers or flock can be to coat a surface with dense fibers or particles while muckle is (us|dialectal) to latch onto something with the mouth.As an adjective muckle is
(archaic|outside|northumbria|and|scotland) large, massive.flock
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd. }}
- As half amazed, half frighted all his flock .
- The heathen came to Nicanor by flocks .
Synonyms
* congregation, bunch, gaggle, horde, host, legion, litter, nest, rabble, swarm, throng, wakeVerb
(en verb)- People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
- Friends daily flock .
- Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)muckle
English
Noun
(-)Derived terms
* many a mickle makes a muckleAdjective
(en adjective)- She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
An' tells me ilka nicht that she admires my Nicky Tams.
Verb
(muckl)citation
citation
citation
The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, year_published=1941
