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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Roc \Roc\, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. {Rook} a castle.] A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also {rock}, and {rukh}.] --Brande & C. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rock \Rock\, n. See {Roc}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rock \Rock\, n. [OE. rocke; akin to D. rok, rokken, G. rocken, OHG. roccho, Dan. rok, Icel. rokkr. Cf. {Rocket} a firework.] A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. [1913 Webster] 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. [1913 Webster] The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. [1913 Webster] {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zool.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zool.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zool.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zool.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zool.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zool.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {C}, as the two species of the New England coast ({Cancer irroratus} and {Cancer borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petraea}, {Arabis lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zool.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zool.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zool.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zool.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zool.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zool.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zool.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zool.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zool.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zool.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal {rock snake} ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the {rock snake} of India ({Python molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {Petronia stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Pucaea ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({Monticola saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({Monticola cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zool.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chiradae}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rock \Rock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rocked};p. pr. & vb. n. {Rocking}.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r["u]cken to move, push, pull.] 1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter. [1913 Webster] A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. "Sleep rock thy brain." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements. It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory motion of something suspended. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rock \Rock\, v. i. 1. To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. [1913 Webster] The rocking town Supplants their footsteps. --J. Philips . [1913 Webster] 2. To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crack \Crack\, n. 1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass. [1913 Webster] 2. Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense. [1913 Webster] My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip. [1913 Webster] Will the stretch out to the crack of doom? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty. [1913 Webster] Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack. [1913 Webster] 6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." --Burton. "Vainglorius cracks." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Val. 'T is a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] What is crack in English? . . . A crack is . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. --P. P. Alexander. [1913 Webster] 12. a witty remark; a wisecrack. [PJC] 13. a chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it. [PJC] 14. a form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; -- also called {rock}. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder. [slang] [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: rock n 1: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" [syn: {rock}, {stone}] 2: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" [syn: {rock}, {stone}] 3: United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) [syn: {Rock}, {John Rock}] 4: (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew 5: hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) [syn: {rock candy}, {rock}] 6: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." [syn: {rock 'n' roll}, {rock'n'roll}, {rock- and-roll}, {rock and roll}, {rock}, {rock music}] 7: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: {rock}, {careen}, {sway}, {tilt}] v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: {rock}, {sway}, {shake}] 2: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: {rock}, {sway}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Rock /rɔk/ skirt