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noun
- A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (UK, AU) A person who is physically limited by age or injury. Old crocks home = home for the aged
- An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse). Old crocks race = veteran car rally
- (slang) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse. (short for crock of shit.)
verb
- To break something or injure someone.
- 1904, P.G. Wodehouse, w:The Gold Bat, The Gold Bat http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/gldbt10.txt:
- "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..."
- 2007 January 3, Daily Mirror:
- Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel
- 2006 April 30, The Sunday Times:
- Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England"s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
- (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- 1917, John H. Pfingsten, "Colouring-matter for leather and method of using the same" http://www.google.com/patents?id=G3xVAAAAEBAJ, US Patent 1371572, page 1:
- thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or , and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter.
- 1964, Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know Your Merchandise http://books.google.com/books?id=XuJGAAAAMAAJ, page 109:
- Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
- 2002, Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede http://books.google.com/books?id=3ZXZ6f2KNLwC, ISBN 1579902731, page 95:
- In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
- (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- 1900, H.A. Burberry, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book http://books.google.com/books?id=PeECAAAAYAAJ, page 21:
- The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated...
Etymology: Crock comes from Old English crocc, crucca, which means earthenware pot or pitcher. A written record of the word crock dates back to 1000 AD. It might have been the common Anglo-Saxon term for pot before 1066 AD.
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