crock
noun
- container used to cook food in ovens or direct fire
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /kɹɒk/ / /kɹɑk/ / /kɹɔk/
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”).
- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
“[…] “here I stand talking to mere Mooncalfs, with Uncle Pumblechook waiting, and the mare catching cold at the door, and the boy grimed with crock and dirt from the hair of his head to the sole of his foot!””
- Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
verb
Etymology: Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”).
- To give off crock or smut.