ROCHET Roch"et, n. Etym: [Probably corrupted fr. F. rouget the red gurnet, from rouge red. CF. Rouge.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.
ROCHING CASK
Roch"ing cask`. Etym: [Probably from F. roche a rock.]
Defn: A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.
ROCK
Rock, n.
Defn: See Roc.
ROCK Rock, n. Etym: [OE. rocke; akin to D. rok, rokken, G. rocken, OHG. roccho, Dan. rok, Icel. rokkr. Cf. Rocket a firework.]
Defn: A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. Chapman. Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid. Spenser.
ROCK
Rock, n. Etym: [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or
crag. See Stone.
Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as
I. Sir W. Scott.