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Definition of rock
rock Roc Roc, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. Rook a castle.]
A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also rock,
and rukh.] --Brande & C.
Rock Rock Rock, n. [OE. rocke; akin to D. rok, rokken, G. rocken,
OHG. roccho, Dan. rok, Icel. rokkr. Cf. Rocket a firework.]
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which
flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in
spinning. --Chapman.
Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread By
grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, That cruel Atropos
eftsoon undid. --Spenser.
Rock Rock Rock, v. i.
1. To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently
agitated; to reel; to totter.
The rocking town Supplants their footsteps. --J.
Philips .
2. To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as,
to rock in a rocking-chair.
Rock Rock Rock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rocked;p. pr. & vb. n.
Rocking.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to
snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r["u]cken to move,
push, pull.]
1. 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.
A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden.
2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking;
to still; to quiet. ``Sleep rock thy brain.' --Shak.
Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less
violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements.
It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory
motion of something suspended.