Floc"cu*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating.] Geol.

To aggregate into small lumps.

 

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Floc"cu*late (?), a. Zool.

Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

 

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Floc"cu*late (?), v. t.

To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition.

When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them. I. P. Roberts.

 

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