an earthen jar (made of baked clay) nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock" soil with or as with crock release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
{i} clay jar; someone or something that is old and decrepit (person, horse, etc.); lie, nonsense
a crock of gold: see gold. To give off soot or color. To disable; wreck. Often used with up
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