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Webster 1913 Edition

Crock

Crock

(krŏk)
,
Noun.
[Cf. W.
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.”
Tatler.

Crock

(krŏk)
,
Noun.
[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
.]
Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
Like foolish flies about an honey
crock
.
Spenser.

Crock

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crocked
(krŏkt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crocking
.]
To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

Crock

,
Verb.
I.
To give off crock or smut.

Crock

,
Verb.
T.
To lay up in a crock;
as, to
crock
butter
.
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crock

CROCK

,
Noun.
An earthen vessel; a pot or pitcher; a cup.

CROCK

,
Noun.
Soot, or the black matter collected from combustion on pots and kettles, or in a chimney.

CROCK

,
Verb.
T.
or I. To black with soot, or other matter collected from combustion; or to black with the coloring matter of cloth.

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