| Rock |
n. |
See Roc. |
| Rock |
n. |
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. |
| Rock |
n. |
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone. |
| Rock |
n. |
Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. |
| Rock |
n. |
That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. |
| Rock |
n. |
Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. |
| Rock |
n. |
The striped bass. See under Bass. |
| Rock |
v. t. |
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. |
| Rock |
v. t. |
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. |
| Rock |
v. i. |
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter. |
| Rock |
v. i. |
To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair. |
