CROCK
Crock, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Crocked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.]
Defn: To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
CROCK
Crock, v. i.
Defn: To give off crock or smut.
CROCK
Crock, n.
Defn: A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.
CROCK
Crock (krk), n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.
CROCK
Crock, v. t.
Defn: To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.