About The Word Crock
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What's The Definition Of Crock?
[n] an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
[v] soil with soot [v] release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric Synonyms | Synonyms for Crock: earthenware jar Related Terms | Find terms related to Crock: adobe | balker | balky horse | biscuit | bisque | bowl | brick | cement | ceramic ware | ceramics | china | crockery | crowbait | dog | enamelware | firebrick | garron | glass | goat | hack | jade | jug | jughead | nag | plug | porcelain | pot | pottery | refractory | roarer | rogue | rosinante | scalawag | stiff | tile | tiling | urn | vase | whistler See Also | begrime | bemire | bleed | colly | dirty | grime | jar | run | soil Crock In Webster's Dictionary \Crock\ (kr[o^]k), n. [Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit
covered.]
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.
\Crock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crocked} (kr[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocking}.] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. \Crock\, v. i. To give off crock or smut. \Crock\, n. A low stool. ``I . . . seated her upon a little crock.'' --Tatler. \Crock\ (kr?k), n. [AS. croc, croca, crog, croh; akin to D. kruik, G. krug, Icel. krukka, Dan. krukke, Sw. kruka; but cf. W. crwc bucket, pail, crochan pot, cregen earthen vessel, jar. Cf. {Cruet}.] Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. --Spenser. \Crock\, v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. --Halliwell. |
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