Noun
an earthen jar (made of baked clay)

Noun
nonsense; foolish talk; "that''s a crock"

Verb
soil with or as with crock

Verb
release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

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n.
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.

v. t.
To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

v. i.
To give off crock or smut.

n.
A low stool.

n.
Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.

v. t.
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.

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Crock

Crock (kr?k), n. [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

Crock, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Crocked (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

Crock

Crock, v. i. To give off crock or smut.

Crock

Crock, n. A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.

Crock

Crock (kr?k), n. [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.

Crock

Crock, v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.

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.

To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

To give off crock or smut.

A low stool.

Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.

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