Definition for ROCK

ROCK, n.2 [Dan. rok; Sw. rock; D. rokken; G. rocken; It. rocca; Sp. rueca. The latter is rendered a distaff, a winding or twisting, and the fish of a mast or yard. The sense is probably a rack or frame.]

A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

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