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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |