crock

crock
\ \ English has two words crock. The one meaning ‘earthenware pot’ [OE] is now almost never heard on its own, except perhaps in the phrase ‘crock of gold’, but it is familiar from its derivative crockery [18]. Its immediate antecedents appear to be Germanic (Dutch, for instance, has the related kruik), but cognate forms appear in other Indo-European languages, including Welsh crochan and Greek krōssós. Cruet [13] comes from Anglo-Norman *cruet, a diminutive frorm of Old French crue ‘pot’, which was borrowed from Old Saxon krūka, a relative of English crock. Crock ‘decrepit person, car, etc’ [15] is earliest encountered (in Scottish English) in the sense ‘old ewe’. The connotation of being ‘broken-down’, and the existence of near synonyms such as Dutch krak, Flemish krake, and Swedish krake, all meaning ‘wornout old horse’, suggest some kind of link with the word crack.
\ \ Cf.⇒ CROCKERY, CRUET

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  • crock — crock·ery; crock·et; crock·et·ed; crock·et·ing; crock; crock·et·ted; crock·et·ting; …   English syllables

  • Crock — Crock, v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crock — may refer to: Crock (comic strip), a pictorial series Crock (dishware), a stoneware pot Crock (slang), a botched scheme A character in the television show The Wuzzles See also Croc (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

  • Crock — Crock, n. A low stool. I . . . seated her upon a little crock. Tatler. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crock — (kr[o^]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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crock — crock, n. nonsense; balderdash; humbug; usually used in the phrase a crock. [slang] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crock — Crock, v. i. To give off crock or smut. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crock|y — «KROK ee», adjective, crock|i|er, crock|i|est. smutty; sooty …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crock — (kr[o^]k), 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crock — Crock, n. 1. a person who is worn out with age or illness. [PJC] 2. an old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crock — Crock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crocked} (kr[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocking}.] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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