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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
     rocc.]
     1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
        stone or crag. See {Stone}.
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              Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
              From its firm base as soon as I.      --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
        crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
        clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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     3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
        support; a refuge.
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              The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                    2.
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     4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
        the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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     5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
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     Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
           self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
           rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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     {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
        rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
     {Rock barnacle} (Zool.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
        very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
     {Rock bass}. (Zool.)
        (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
        (b) The goggle-eye.
        (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
            rock bass.
  
     {Rock builder} (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
        contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
        corals and Foraminifera.
  
     {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
        of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
        color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
        slate.
  
     {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
        sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
     {Rock cavy}. (Zool.) See {Moco}.
  
     {Rock cod} (Zool.)
        (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
            found about rocks andledges.
        (b) A California rockfish.
  
     {Rock cook}. (Zool.)
        (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
        (b) A rockling.
  
     {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
        are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
        
  
     {Rock crab} (Zool.), any one of several species of large
        crabs of the genus {C}, as the two species of the New
        England coast ({Cancer irroratus} and {Cancer borealis}).
        See Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
     {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
        kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petraea}, {Arabis lyrata},
        etc.
  
     {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
        {Crystal}.
  
     {Rock dove} (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
        doo}.
  
     {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
        a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
        drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
     {Rock duck} (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
  
     {Rock eel}. (Zool.) See {Gunnel}.
  
     {Rock goat} (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
     {Rock hopper} (Zool.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}.
        See under {Penguin}.
  
     {Rock kangaroo}. (Zool.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
  
     {Rock lobster} (Zool.), any one of several species of large
        spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
        {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
        lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
     {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
        occuring as an efflorescence.
  
     {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
     {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
     {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
     {Rock parrakeet} (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
        ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
        rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
        green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
        quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
        green.
  
     {Rock pigeon} (Zool.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of
        Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
        derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
     {Rock pipit}. (Zool.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
     {Rock plover}. (Zool.)
        (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
        (b) The rock snipe.
  
     {Rock ptarmigan} (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
        ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
        tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
        brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
        patches on the back.
  
     {Rock rabbit} (Zool.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
  
     {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
     {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
        in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
        the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
        given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
        from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
     {Rock seal} (Zool.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
     {Rock shell} (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
        allied genera.
  
     {Rock snake} (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
        the royal {rock snake} ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the
        {rock snake} of India ({Python molurus}). The Australian
        rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
        
  
     {Rock snipe} (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
        maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
        {winter snipe}.
  
     {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
        feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
     {Rock sparrow}. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
            the genus {Petronia}, as {Petronia stulla}, of Europe.
        (b) A North American sparrow ({Pucaea ruficeps}).
  
     {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
     {Rock thrush} (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
        {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
        thrush ({Monticola saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush
        of India ({Monticola cyaneus}), in which the male is blue
        throughout.
  
     {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
        Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
        America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
        or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
        of extremity.
  
     {Rock trout} (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
        food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chiradae},
        native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
        trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}.
  
     {Rock warbler} (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
        ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
        water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
     {Rock wren} (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
        the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower
        California and Mexico.
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