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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating. ] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]