(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(v. t.) To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
(3):
(n.) Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
(4):
(n.) A low stool.
(5):
(v. i.) To give off crock or smut.
(6):
(v. t.) To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.