Rock1. (n.) See Roc.
2. (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
3. (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
4. (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.
5. (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
6. (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
7. (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
8. (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.
9. (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
10. (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
11. (v. i.) To roll or sway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
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