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Webster 1913 Edition
Rocky
Rock′y
,Adj.
1.
Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks;
as, a
. rocky
mountain; a rocky
shore2.
Like a rock;
as, the
. rocky
orb of a shieldMilton.
3.
Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate;
as, a
. rocky
bosomShak.
Rocky Mountain locust
(Zool.)
, the Western locust, or grasshopper. See
– Grasshopper
. Rocky Mountain sheep
. (Zool.)
See
Bighorn
.Webster 1828 Edition
Rocky
ROCK'Y
,Adj.
1.
Full of rocks; as a rocky mountain; rocky shore.2.
Resembling a rock; as the rocky orb of a shield.3.
Very hard; stony; obdurate; insusceptible of impression; as a rocky bosom.