crock

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
3. 3.To give off crock or smut.
4. 4.A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.
5. 5.Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.
6. 6.To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth called?
• What is a low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler called?
• What is any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser called?
• What is to lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell called?