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.-to soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.-to give off crock or smut.-a low stool.-any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.-to lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.