v. i.
a. (Zool.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly;
When applied to clay soils it [ lime ] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them. I. P. Roberts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]