Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
CROCKING
Verb
crocking
present participle of crock
Anagrams
• cock ring
Source: Wiktionary
CROCK
Crock (krk), n. Etym: [Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered.]
Definition: 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 (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.]
Definition: To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
Crock, v. i.
Definition: To give off crock or smut.
Crock, n.
Definition: A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.
Crock (krk), n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.
Crock, v. t.
Definition: To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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