CROCKS

Proper noun

Crocks

plural of Crock

Noun

crocks

plural of crock

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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