rock1ness

[Eng. rocky (1); -ne .] The quality or state of being rocky or abounding with rocks. rock-ing, rock-in, s . [Eng. rock (1), s.; -ing.] A country evening party, so-called from the practice once prevalent of the females taking their rocks with them and spinning. ( Scotch .) rock-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. [Rock (1), v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: IMG:content-0703.jpg:[graphic] 1. The act of one who or that which rocks; the act or state of moving or swaying backward and forward. 2. The ma of stone or ballast laid to form the under stratum of a road. ( Prov . Eng .) 3. The motion of a steel mill on a copper cylinder intended for calico-printing, when the pattern of the mill is to be repeated on the copper a number of times at intervals. 4. The abrading of the surface of a copper or steel plate preparatory to scraping a mezzotinto. [RocK (1), υ., Α. Ι. 4.]