Crock

Definition of Crock

Pronunciation: krǒkt

n.	1.	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.
	1.	A low stool.
	1.	Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. - Spenser.
	1.	a person who is worn out with age or illness.
	2.	an old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments.
	1.	nonsense; balderdash; humbug; - usually used in the phrase a crock.
v. t.	1.	To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. [imp. & p. p. Crocked (krǒkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.]
v. i.	1.	To give off crock or smut.
v. t.	1.	To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z