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crock

crock (third-person singular simple present crocks, present participle crocking, simple past and past participle crocked)

1. To break something or injure someone.
   • 1904, P.G. Wodehouse, The Gold Bat [1]:

     ""That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. Hes 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.

2. (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"" [2], US Patent 1371572, page 1:

     thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock, and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter.

   • 1964, Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know Your Merchandise [3], 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 [4], ISBN 1579902731, page 95:

   In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.

3. (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 [5], 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...

crock (plural crocks)

1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
2. A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
3. (UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

   Old crocks home = home for the aged

   • 1925, John Buchan, John Macnab, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0300621,

     He was getting very proud of the way he had learned to manage his game leg, and it occurred to him that here was a chance of testing his balance. […] “Not so bad that, for a crock,” he told himself, as he lay full length in the sun watching the faint line of the Haripol hills overtopping the ridge of Crask.

   • 1932, Helen Simpson, Boomerang, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0800611,

     He was in love with a girl, whose full name he did not tell me, and whom he had not seen for two years. She was a Lady Diana Someone, so much I knew, very lovely, a sort of relation, and he believed he had a chance if only the doctors could do something to help his asthma. “Can?t ask a girl to marry a crock.”

4. (UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse).

   Old crocks race = veteran car rally

5. (slang, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.

   That is a bunch of crock.

   The story is a crock.

Definizione dizionario crock

	catorcio
	old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse)

	coccio
	piece of broken pottery, a shard

	rottame
	old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse)

ronzino

Altri significati:

stoneware or earthenware jar

(textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.

(UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse). '''Old crocks race''' = veteran car rally

A piece of broken pottery, a shard.

(UK, Australian) A person who is physically limited by age or injury. '''Old crocks home''' = home for the aged

(horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.

To break something or injure someone.

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

(slang) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense. (as in "that is a bunch of crock" or "the story is a crock")