Crock /(krŏk)/

1. 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.

1. A low stool.

1. Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.

   Like foolish flies about an honey crock.

1. a person who is worn out with age or illness.
2. an old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments.

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

imp. & p. p. Crocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking

1. To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

1. To give off crock or smut.

1. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.