a. [f. FLOCK sb.1 + -LESS.] Without a flock or flocks.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. I. III. 809, The Furies.
| What holds you heer? alas! what hope of crowns? | |
| Our fields are flock-less, treasure-less our Towns. |
1843. Syd. Smith, Let. C’tess Grey, Mem. & Lett. (1855), II. 500. It will hardly do to pay the priests; the thing is gone beyond that now. You must remove the flockless pastors, or the payment of the priesthood will be useless.
