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Pronunciation : Crock (krk)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Crock
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

t. [imp. & p.p. Crocked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Crock
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To give off crock or smut.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Crock
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Crock (krk)
Part of Speech : n.
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.]
Definition : Defn: Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Crock
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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