Definition of rock

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Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..

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Sink :: Sink (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole..
Whistlefish :: Whistlefish (n.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe..
Rocketed :: Rocketed (imp. & p. p.) of Rocke.
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
Rock :: Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Eruptive :: Eruptive (n.) An eruptive rock.
Rockweed :: Rockweed (n.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus..
Rockered :: Rockered (a.) Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel..
Greisen :: Greisen (n.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony..
Smock :: Smock (n.) A blouse; a smoock frock.
Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water..
In Situ :: In situ () In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited..
Pegmatite :: Pegmatite (n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks..
Crouke :: Crouke (n.) A crock; a jar.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night..
Artemisia :: Artemisia (n.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region..
Trap :: Trap (n.) An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock..
Frock :: Frock (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock..
Stegosauria :: Stegocephala (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta..
Skerry :: Skerry (n.) A rocky isle; an insulated rock.
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