crock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
    smut; soot; lampblack; carbon black.
  2. noun nonsense; foolish talk
    • that's a crock
  3. noun an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
    earthenware jar.
  4. verb release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
  5. verb soil with or as with crock

WordNet

Crock noun
Etymology
Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered.
Definitions
  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.
Crock transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Crocked present participle & verbal noun Crocking
Definitions
  1. To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
Crock intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To give off crock or smut.
Crock noun
Definitions
  1. A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.
Crock noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
    Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.
Crock transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.

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