Definition for ROCK'Y

ROCK'Y, a. [from rock.]

  1. Full of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
  2. Resembling a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. – Milton.
  3. Very hard; stony; obdurate; insusceptible of impression; as, a rocky bosom. Shak.

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