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Rock. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum.

See Sheepback.

Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime. [Eng.]

A seaport town in France. Rochelle powders. Same as Seidlitz powders. -- Rochelle salt (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and…

fference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke.

Woven with a figure; as, broché goods.

A small spit or skewer.

A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.] To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler.

Placed in a caroche. [Obs.] Beggary rides caroched. Massenger.

A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

Containing two trochees.

A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.

hysician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.

Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by che…

Next; nearest. Prochein ami or amy ( (Law), the next friend. See under Next.

Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations.

Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.