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crock | wrock |

As nouns the difference between crock and wrock

is that crock is a stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container while wrock is a genre of music produced by fans of the Harry Potter series, characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.

As a verb crock

is to break something or injure someone.

crock

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) crokke, from (etyl) crocc, . See also (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  • * 1590-96 , '', 1750, ''The Works of Spenser , Volume 3, page 181,
    • Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his lea?ings vain; / Like fooli?h Flies about an Honey-Crock ; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.
  • A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
  • (UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
    • Old crocks ’ home = home for the aged
  • * 1925 , , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0300621,
    • He was getting very proud of the way he had learned to manage his game leg, and it occurred to him that here was a chance of testing his balance.“Not so bad that, for a crock ,” he told himself, as he lay full length in the sun watching the faint line of the Haripol hills overtopping the ridge of Crask.
  • * 1932 , Helen Simpson, Boomerang , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0800611,
    • He was in love with a girl, whose full name he did not tell me, and whom he had not seen for two years. She was a Lady Diana Someone, so much I knew, very lovely, a sort of relation, and he believed he had a chance if only the doctors could do something to help his asthma. “Can?t ask a girl to marry a crock .”
  • (UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse).
    • Old crocks race = veteran car rally
  • (slang, countable, and, uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
  • :That is a bunch of crock .
    • The story is a crock .
  • A low stool.
  • * 1709 , '', 1822, Alexander Chalmers (editor), ''The Tatler , 2007 Facsimile Edition, page 12,
    • I then inquired for the person that belonged to the petticoat; and, to my great surprise, was directed to a very beautiful young damsel, with so pretty a face and shape, that I bid her come out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little crock at my left hand.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break something or injure someone.
  • * 1904 , P.G. Wodehouse, [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/gldbt10.txt]:
    • "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..."
  • * 2007 January 3, Daily Mirror :
    • Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel
  • * 2006 April 30, The Sunday Times :
    • Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
  • (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
  • * 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:
    • 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.
  • * 1964 , Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know Your Merchandise [http://books.google.com/books?id=XuJGAAAAMAAJ], page 109:
    • Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
  • * 2002 , Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede [http://books.google.com/books?id=3ZXZ6f2KNLwC], ISBN 1579902731, page 95:
    • In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
  • (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
  • * 1900 , H.A. Burberry, The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book [http://books.google.com/books?id=PeECAAAAYAAJ], page 21:
    • The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated...
  • To store (butter, etc.) in a crock.
    • (Halliwell)

    Derived terms

    * crocker * crockery * crockpot * crock of gold * crock of shit * crock haircut

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] (etymology)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) , Scots (crochit), covered.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
  • Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give off crock or smut.
    • (Webster 1913)

    wrock

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (label) A genre of music produced by fans of the , characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.
  • * 2007 , Racheline Maltese, The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias & Particularities, Volume 1 , Sterling & Ross Publishers (2007), ISBN 9780977954520, page 175:
    • There are, at present, dozens of these “wizard rock” or “wrock ” bands, some of which tour nationally and internationally performing at small clubs, libraries and Harry Potter conferences and other special events.
  • * 2009 , Lev Grossman, " The Boy Who Rocked", Time , 20 July 2009:
    • Not all wrock is punk wrock. There's plenty of stylistic diversity in the scene, which ranges from the electric girl pop of the Parselmouths to the darkly gleaming hip-hop of Swish and Flick.
  • * 2011 , Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection , Ashgate (2011), ISBN 9780754679035, page 78:
    • The phenomenon of wrock (wizard rock) within Harry Potter fandom has not yet produced mainstream crossovers.

    Synonyms

    *wizard rock

    See also

    *filk

    External links

    *(Wizard rock)