crock

1. 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. Source: opted

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

3. v. i. To give off crock or smut. Source: opted

4. n. A low stool. Source: opted

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

6. v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Source: opted

7. n. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink Source: wordnet

8. n. nonsense; foolish talk Source: wordnet

9. n. an earthen jar (made of baked clay) Source: wordnet

10. v. release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric Source: wordnet

11. v. soil with or as with crock Source: wordnet

12. 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. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler. Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell. Source: webster

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