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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROCK, n. An earthen vessel; a pot or pitcher; a cup.
CROCK, n. Soot, or the black matter collected from combustion on pots and kettles, or in a chimney.
CROCK, v.t. or I. To black with soot, or other matter collected from combustion; or to black with the coloring matter of cloth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock]
2: nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock"
3: an earthen jar (made of baked clay) [syn: crock, earthenware jar] v
1: release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
2: soil with or as with crock

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English crocc; akin to Old English cr?ce pot, pitcher, Middle High German kr?che Date: before 12th century 1. a thick earthenware pot or jar 2. [from its formation on cooking pots] dialect soot, smut 3. coloring matter that rubs off from cloth or dyed leather 4. bunkum — usually used with a <the story in the paper is a crock> II. verb Date: 1594 transitive verb 1. to put or preserve in a crock 2. dialect to soil with crock ; smudge intransitive verb to transfer color (as when rubbed or washed) <a suede that will not crock> III. noun Etymology: Middle English crok; akin to Low German krakke broken-down horse Date: 1528 1. one that is broken-down, disabled, or impaired <so many old…crocks with one foot in the grave — Angus Wilson> 2. a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic IV. verb Date: 1839 transitive verb to cause to become disabled intransitive verb break down

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 an inefficient, broken-down, or worn-out person. 2 a worn-out vehicle, ship, etc. --v. 1 intr. (foll. by up) break down, collapse. 2 tr. (often foll. by up) disable, cause to collapse. Etymology: orig. Sc., perh. f. Flem. 2. n. 1 an earthenware pot or jar. 2 a broken piece of earthenware. Etymology: OE croc(ca)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crock 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crock 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crock Crock, n. A low stool. ``I . . . seated her upon a little crock.'' --Tatler.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crock 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(crocks) 1. A crock is a clay pot or jar. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT 2. If you describe someone as an old crock, you mean that they are old and weak. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT 3. If you describe what someone has said as a crock, you mean that you think it is foolish, wrong, or untrue. (mainly AM INFORMAL) N-COUNT: usu sing [disapproval] 4. a crock of gold: see gold

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Earthen jar, pot, piece of crockery. 2. Low seat, stool. 3. Soot, smut. II. v. a. Blacken (with soot), soil, smut.

Moby Thesaurus

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