Definition of rock

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Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.

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Rock :: Rock (n.) See Roc.
Sea Lark :: Sea lark () The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus).
Scar :: Scar (n.) An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth..
Rockling :: Rockling (n.) Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels..
Smock Frock :: Smock frock () A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers..
Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock..
Zootic :: Zootic (a.) Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.
Rasher :: Rasher (n.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Rocking-chair :: Rocking-chair (n.) A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock..
Basic :: Basic (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt..
Hypidiomorphic :: Hypidiomorphic (a.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form.
Laccolith :: Laccolith (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
Structure :: Structure (n.) Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence..
Moco :: Moco (n.) A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy..
Pegmatitic :: Pegmatitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite..
Alter :: Alter (v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure..
Cone-in-cone :: Cone-in-cone (a.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks..
Leverock :: Leverock (n.) A lark.
Pholas :: Pholas (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks..
Weathering :: Weathering (n.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges..
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