[crock] n [ME, fr. OE crocc; akin to MHG kruche crock] (bef. 12c) 1: a thick earthenware pot or jar
2. [fr. its formation on cooking pots] dial: soot, smut
3: coloring matter that rubs off from cloth or dyed leather
4: bunkum--usu. used with a
[2]crock vt (1594) 1: to put or preserve in a crock
2. dial: to soil with crock: smudge ~ vi: to transfer color (as when rubbed or washed) "a suede that will not ~" [3]crock n [ME crok, prob. of Scand origin; akin to Norw dial. krokje crock] (1528) 1: one that is broken-down, disabled, or impaired
2: a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic [4]crock vt (1896): to cause to become disabled ~ vi: break down