\Floc"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flocculated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Flocculating}.] (Geol.)
To aggregate into small lumps.

\Floc"cu*late\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

\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.