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A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.

Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.

na and the east Indies. -- China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. -- China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europa at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. -- Pride of China, China tree…

break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.

[U.S.] Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate. Judd. They did not take out the pungs to-day. E. E. Hale.

A rockery.