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Meaning Of Rock
n.
See Roc.
n.
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which
flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
n.
A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone
or crag. See Stone.
n.
Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust,
whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in
natural beds.
n.
That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
n.
Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
n.
The striped bass. See under Bass.
v. t.
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting
on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to
vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
v. t.
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking;
to still; to quiet.
v. i.
To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently
agitated; to reel; to totter.
v. i.
To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as,
to rock in a rocking-chair.