rockedadj.1
/rɒkt/, U.S. /rɑkt/ΚΠ
1526 Inventory (B.L. MS Royal 7 C. xvi) f. 38 A colar of spanishe worke, wherin be xvj faire balasses vj gret pointed diamontes two gret rocked diamontes two gret table diamontes square losinged [etc.]
2. Rocky, stony; (in later use) spec. covered in rocks. rare before 19th cent. In quot. 1610 figurative (cf. rocky adj.1 2).
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > very
iron-hardOE
bone?a1300
adamantinea1382
stony?1523
adamant1535
steel-harda1560
buff-hard1589
steely1596
diamantine1605
steela1607
rocked1610
Brazil1635
adamantean1671
osseousa1682
iron1708
ferreous1774
rock-likea1793
cast iron1886
bone-hard1924
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Wisd. v. 23 And from rocked wrath [L. petrosa ira] shal thicke haile stones be cast.
1828 W. Adams Mod. Voyager & Traveller II. iii. 52 The monastery of St. George, perched on a rocked eminence, apparently inaccessible.
1870 K. R. Cook Purpose & Passion 200 My feet stood on a rocked sea-sward.
1919 3rd Biennial Rep. Oregon State Highway Comm. 77 It is expected that a rocked surface over the remaining unpaved distance of 5.5 miles will be secured by about January 1, 1919.
1994 J. Garwood Saving Grace x. 183 One wolf had climbed to the top of the rocked entrance of the cave.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rockedadj.2
/rɒkt/, U.S. /rɑkt/ 1. Of an infant: swung to and fro in a cradle or a person's arms. Also in extended use.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > put to sleep > lulled > by rocking
rocked1591
1591 (?a1425) Three Kings (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 174 (MED) That rocked rybauld, and I may rayne, rufully shalbe his reade.
1677 N. Lee Rival Queens iv. 24 She is all softness; All melting, mild, and calm as a rock'd Infant.
1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa iv. vi. 56 The Lion stoops his Crest; Yet grafted upon Qualities as soft As a rock'd Infant's Meekness.
1867 B. Harte Condensed Novels 302 I felt like Robinson Crusoe in his tree, with the ladder pulled up—or like the rocked baby of the nursery song.
1898 ‘M. Gray’ House Hidden Treasure iii. ii. 275 He seemed to quieten down like a rocked bairn.
1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism II. 46 The sweet composure of rocked babyhood came back to me.
1975 Appl. Statistics 24 12 Only one baby was rocked each day so that the estimated probability of the rocked baby crying on any given day must be either 0 or 1.
2007 T. Field Amazing Infant 251 The rocked infants slept during the rocking but awakened as the rocking ended.
2. Of an object: that is being rocked by some external force.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > rocking > rocked
rocked1606
1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. Aiii As Infants repose in the rocked Cradell, so my spirit findes rest in restlesse Loue.
1842 T. Ward Passaic ii. 175 I stand upon the prow, and mount, and sink With the rocked ship—who bravely holds her speed.
1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy Prol. 693 Down from the rockt mast's windy rigging.
1905 Macmillan's Mag. June 95/1 The wind breathed in fitful blasts as of old, nothing stirred in the rocked branches.
2007 D. Russell Dreality xxx. 501 The unequivocal words made the spiritual novice's heart sway like a rocked hammock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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