crocking

Verb (1)

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

1. To break something or injure someone.
   • "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..."1904, P.G. Wodehouse, The Gold Bat
2. To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
   • 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.1917, John H. Pfingsten, "Colouring-matter for leather and method of using the same" http://www.google.com/patents?id=G3xVAAAAEBAJ, US Patent 1371572, page 1
3. To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
   • The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated...1900, H.A. Burberry, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book, page 21
4. (dialectal, transitive) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
   • She filled the pail and carried it down to the springhouse to crock it and leave it to cool.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug

Verb (2)

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

1. (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.

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