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 ]

n. A low stool. “I . . . seated her upon a little crock.” Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crocked p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking. ] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give off crock or smut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. nonsense; balderdash; humbug; -- usually used in the phrase a crock. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

adj. drunk, inebriated. Opposite of sober. [ slang ]
Syn. -- blotto, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A potter. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Crock an earthen vessel. ] Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crotchet. ] 1. (Arch.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antlers and the crockets. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) Ornamented with crockets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) Ornamentation with crockets. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Crock soot. ] Smutty. [ 1913 Webster ]