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Crock   /krɑk/   Listen
noun
Crock  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.


Crock  n.  A low stool. "I... seated her upon a little crock."


Crock  n.  Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. "Like foolish flies about an honey crock."


Crock  n.  
1.
A person who is worn out with age or illness.
2.
An old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments.


crock  n.  Nonsense; balderdash; humbug; usually used in the phrase a crock. (slang)


verb
Crock  v. t.  (past & past part. crocked; pres. part. crocking)  To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.


Crock  v. t.  To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.


Crock  v. i.  To give off crock or smut.





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"Crock" Quotes from Famous Books



... now: If crime has ne'er increased them, nor excess And want of thrift are like to make them less; If I ne'er pray like this, "O might that nook Which spoils my field be mine by hook or crook! O for a stroke of luck like his, who found A crock of silver, turning up the ground, And, thanks to good Alcides, farmed as buyer The very land where he had slaved for hire!" If what I have contents me, hear my prayer: Still let me feel thy tutelary care, And let my sheep, my pastures, this and that, ...
— The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry • Horace
... being so checked in his speech, nevertheless he went straightway to do Robin's bidding; so presently a great crock was brought, and wine was poured out for all the guests and for Robin Hood. Then Robin held his cup aloft. "Stay!" cried he. "Tarry in your drinking till I give you a pledge. Here is to good King Richard of great renown, and may all enemies to ...
— The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood • Howard Pyle
... Egypt brought an earthenware crock, without uttering a word. The gypsy offered it to Gringoire: "Fling it on the ground," ...
— Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo
... was kept in a large stone crock in the cellar, and while she filled the glasses, Molly heard the voice of old Adam droning on above the chirping of the birds ...
— The Miller Of Old Church • Ellen Glasgow
... (Gold of God's dust!) And many an elfin byway You put your trust,— A crock and a table, Love's end of day, And light of a storied stable Where kings ...
— Perpetual Light • William Rose Benet


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