crock

1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
2. A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
3. A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

   old crocks’ home

4. An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

   old crocks race

5. Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.

   That's a bunch of crock.

6. A low stool.
7. A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.

1. To break something or injure someone.
2. (leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
3. To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
4. To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.

1. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
2. Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

verb

To give off crock or smut.