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Definition of Crock
1. Noun. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon
Derivative terms: Smut, Soot, Sooty, Sooty
2. Verb. Release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric.
3. Noun. Nonsense; foolish talk. "That's a crock"
4. Verb. Soil with or as with crock.
5. Noun. An earthen jar (made of baked clay).
Definition of Crock
1. n. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
2. v. t. To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
3. v. i. To give off crock or smut.
4. n. A low stool.
5. n. Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
6. v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
Definition of Crock
1. Noun. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. ¹
2. Noun. A piece of broken pottery, a shard. ¹
3. Noun. (U.K.) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury. ¹
4. Noun. (U.K.) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse). ¹
5. Noun. (slang countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense. ¹
6. Verb. To break something or injure someone. ¹
7. Verb. (textiles leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another. ¹
8. Verb. (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To store (butter, etc.) in a crock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crock
1. to stain or soil [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crock
Literary usage of Crock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Detroit (Mich.). City Council, Prince Edward Island. Legislative Council (1901)
"FOR CONSTRUCTING VITRIFIED crock LATERAL SEWERS. Sealed proposals will oe received
ai the office ol the Board of Public Works ..."
2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1906)
"Under a ruby light remove the lid of the crock, place the hand inside, ...
It should be so well set that it will lift clean and free from the crock. ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1907)
"... small casks & 1 crock, Frederick Rapp 0 7 6 Box with Tallow, Casper Fleisher
2 1 crock and a Box, Frederick Rapp 3 1 Box, Peter Rapp 1 6 1 Feather Bed, ..."
4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1903)
"Place this crock at the end of the washing sink that is least used in every-day
working, so that it may be easily tilted when required, instead of lifting ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"1880 ; Men of the : ; Irving's Book of Scots- y Lists, 1843-50; crock- "V, 1879, p.
... crock."
6. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"... in the district of Oil crock, one of the most productive of th« Pennsylvania
oil localities, and embracing au area of :i,',i'2i acres. ..."
7. The Ancren Riwle: A Treatise on the Rules and Duties of Monastic Life by James Morton (1853)
"If she may have him, let her pour all out that is in the crock; there, let her
vomit out all that perilous stuff; there, with words foul as its own filth, ..."
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