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rocky

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rocky  \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}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  Western  locust,  or 
  grasshopper.  See  {Grasshopper}. 
 
  {Rocky  Mountain  sheep}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Bighorn}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rocky 
  adj  1:  abounding  in  rocks  or  stones;  "rocky  fields";  "stony 
  ground";  "bouldery  beaches"  [syn:  {bouldery},  {bouldered}, 
  {stony}] 
  2:  liable  to  rock;  "on  high  rocky  heels" 
  3:  full  of  hardship  or  trials;  "the  rocky  road  to  success"; 
  "they  were  having  a  rough  time"  [syn:  {rough}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Rocky,  OK  (town,  FIPS  63700) 
  Location:  35.15635  N,  99.05852  W 
  Population  (1990):  181  (106  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  73661




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