Crock vs. Frock

Crocknoun

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

Crocknoun

A piece of broken pottery, a shard.

Crocknoun

(UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

Crocknoun

(UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

Crocknoun

Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.

Crocknoun

A low stool.

Crocknoun

A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.

Crocknoun

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.

Crocknoun

Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

Crockverb

To break something or injure someone.

Crockverb

To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.

Crockverb

(horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.

Crockverb

To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.

Crockverb

(intransitive) To give off crock or smut.

Crocknoun

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.

Crocknoun

A low stool.

Crocknoun

Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.

Crocknoun

a person who is worn out with age or illness.

Crocknoun

an old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments.

Crocknoun

nonsense; balderdash; humbug; - usually used in the phrase a crock.

Crockverb

To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

Crockverb

To give off crock or smut.

Crockverb

To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.

Crocknoun

nonsense; foolish talk;

Crocknoun

an earthen jar (made of baked clay)

Crockverb

release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

Crockverb

soil with or as with crock

Frocknoun

A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.

Frocknoun

An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.

Frocknoun

A sailor's jersey.

Frocknoun

An undress regimental coat.

Frocknoun

(dialectal) A frog.

Frockverb

To clothe in a frock.

Frockverb

To make a cleric.

Frocknoun

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.

Frocknoun

A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.

Frockverb

To clothe in a frock.

Frockverb

To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

Frocknoun

a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

Frockverb

put a frock on

Frock

Frock has been used since Middle English as the name for an article of clothing, typically coat-like, for men and women.