Dan,
 
Check the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) for the term.
 
 
 
At 08:24 PM 4/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Linda,
>
>Many many grovels in apology. I was meaning to be making a light-hearted
>tease, but I should know by now that even teases can be hurtful...not to
>mention they don't come off as intended in e-mail. Now as for "crocking."
>
>It is an historic term, but I cannot think for the life of me where I have
>encountered it. I have a bunch of books and articles on 18th-c gardening.
>Maybe in one of those. I'll try to do some some scouting.
>
>Dan Mouer
>Virginia Commonwealth University
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