Part 2596

<hw>Cro"cin</hw> <tt>(kr?"s?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ saffron.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of <spn>Gardenia grandiflora</spn>.</def> <i>Watts</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A red powder (called also <altname>polychroite</altname>), which is made from the saffron (<spn>Crocus sativus</spn>). See <er>Polychroite</er>.</def>

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<hw>Crock</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>croeg</ets> cover, Scot. <ets>crochit</ets> covered.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

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<hw>Crock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Crocked</er> <tt>(kr?kt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crocking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.</def>

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<hw>Crock</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give off crock or smut.</def>

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<hw>Crock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A low stool.</def> "I . . . seated her upon a little <i>crock</i>."

<i>Tatler.</i>

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<hw>Crock</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>croc</ets>, <ets>croca</ets>, <ets>crog</ets>, <ets>croh</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kruik</ets>, G. <ets>krug</ets>, Icel. <ets>krukka</ets>, Dan. <ets>krukke</ets>, Sw. <ets>kruka</ets>; but cf. W. <ets>crwc</ets> bucket, pail, <ets>crochan</ets> pot, <ets>cregen</ets> earthen vessel, jar. Cf. <er>Cruet</er>.]</ety> <def>Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.</def>

<blockquote>Like foolish flies about an honey <b>crock</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Crock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lay up in a crock; <as>as, to <ex>crock</ex> butter</as>.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Crock"er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A potter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

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<hw>Crock"er*y</hw> <tt>( kr?k"?r-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Crock</er> an earthen vessel.]</ety> <def>Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.</def>

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<hw>Crock"et</hw> <tt>(kr?k"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>croquet</ets>, F. <ets>crochet</ets>, dim. of <ets>croc</ets> hook. See <er>Crook</er>, and cf. <er>Crotchet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler.</def>

<blockquote>The antlers and the <b>crockets</b>. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Crock"et*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Ornamented with crockets.</def>

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