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762 words match “ROCK”

DROCK n.
A water course. [Prov. Eng.]
ENROCKMENT n.
A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
FROCK n. 4 definitions
n; also, a coarse hirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their ther clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.
FROCKED a.
Clothed in a frock.
FROCKLESS a.
Destitute of a frock.
GIRROCK n.
A garfish. Johnson.
GRITROCK; GRITSTONE n.
See Grit, n., 4.
LAVEROCK n.
The lark. [Old Eng. & Scot.] [Written also lavrock.] Gower.
LAVROCK n.
Same as Laverock.
LEVEROCK n.
A lark. [Scot.]
LONGMYND ROCKS n.
The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.
PARROCK n.
A croft, or small field; a paddock. [Prov. Eng.]
PAY DIRT; PAY ROCK n.
Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U. S.]
PURROCK n.
See Puddock, and Parrock.
RACKAROCK n.
A Sprengel explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mono- nitrobenzene.
RENDROCK n.
A kind of dynamite used in blasting. [U.S.]
SEA ROCKET n.
See under Rocket.
SHAMROCK n.
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
SHAROCK n.
An East Indian coin of the value of 12
SKYROCKET n.
A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
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