Rock"y (?), a.

1.

Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

2.

Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.

Milton.

3.

Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

Shak.

Rocky Mountain locust Zool., the Western locust, or grasshopper. See Grasshopper. -- Rocky Mountain sheep. Zool. See Bighorn.

 

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