Crock, n. A low stool.
"I . . . seated her upon a little crock."
Tatler.
Crock, v. i. To give off crock
or smut.
Crock, v. 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 (krŏk), 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, v. t. To lay up in a
crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.
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.
Spenser.