Crock
Crock (krok) , noun
[Compare Welsh 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.
Crock , noun
A low stool.
I... seated her upon a little crock.
Crock (krok) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon croc, croca, crog, croh; akin to Dutch kruik, German krug, Icelandic krukka, Danish krukke, Swedish kruka; but compare Welsh crwc bucket, pail, crochan pot, cregen earthen vessel, jar. Compare Cruet.]
Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
Like foolish flies about an honey crock.
Crock , noun
1.
a person who is worn out with age or illness.
2.
an old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments.
crock , noun
nonsense; balderdash; humbug; -- usually used in the phrase a crock. [slang]
Crock (krokt) , transitive verb
To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
Crock , intransitive verb
To give off crock or smut.
Crock , transitive verb
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. — Halliwell