Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FLOCK, n.2 ? The connecting tissue between the flesh and blubber of a whale.Mry. 1730 E. D. Dunbar Social Life (1865) 60:
A great deall of the flock was cut in with the speck.
