crock

crock englannista suomeksi

1. saviruukku

2. pöty

3. noki

4. noeta

5. päästää väriä

1. saviruukku

2. ruukunsirpale

3. romu

crock englanniksi

1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

2. 1590-96, (w), ''(w)'', 1750, ''The Works of Spenser'', Volume 3, page 181,

Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his leaſings vain; / Like fooliſh Flies about an Honey-Crock; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.

3. A piece of broken pottery, a shard.

4. A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

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5. {{quote-text|en|year=1925|author=Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir|John Buchan|title=John Macnab|sectionurl=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300621.txt|section=Gutenberg Australia eBook 0300621

6. {{quote-text|en|year=1932|author=Helen Simpson|title=Boomerang|sectionurl=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0800611h.html|section=Gutenberg Australia eBook 0800611

7. 2006, ''The Moving Finger'', part one (Miss Marple, 15 min, 20 year old bicycling tomboy to injured walker):

Girl: "Will you always be a bit of a crock?"Man: "According to my doctor, no."Girl: "I was afraid you looked bad-tempered because you were crocked up for life."

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

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

10. A low stool.

11. 1709, BickerstaffThe Tatler|Isaac Bickerstaff (Steele|Richard Steele), ''(1709)|The Tatler'', 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.

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

13. (quote-book)

14. To break something or injure someone.

15. {{quote-text|en|year=1904|author=P.G. Wodehouse|title=The Gold Bat|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921125242/http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/gldbt10.txt

16. {{quote-journal|en|date=January 3 2007|journal=Daily Mirror

17. {{quote-journal|en|date=April 30 2006|journal=The Sunday Times

18. To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.

19. 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.

20. {{quote-book|en|year=1964|author=Isabel Barnum Wingate|title=Know Your Merchandise|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=XuJGAAAAMAAJ|page=109

21. {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Sandy Scrivano|title=Sewing With Leather & Suede|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3ZXZ6f2KNLwC|page=95|isbn=1579902731

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

23. {{quote-book|en|year=1900|author=H.A. Burberry|title=The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=PeECAAAAYAAJ|page=21

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

25. (quote-text)|title=Lightning Bug

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

27. Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

28. To give off crock or smut.

29. an old ewe which has ceased bearing

30. crock (gloss)