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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rock \Rock\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rocked};p. pr. & vb. n. {Rocking}.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r["u]cken to move, push, pull.]
1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden.
2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. ''Sleep rock thy brain.'' --Shak.
Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements. It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory motion of something suspended.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rocking \Rock"ing\, adjective Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.
{Rocking shaft}. (Mach.) See {Rock shaft}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "rocking": appeasing, calming, careening, cradling, dangling, dreamy, drowsy, gentling, hushing, lulling, lurching, mollifying, pacifying, pitching, quietening, reeling, restful, rolling, soothful, soothing, stilling, swaying, swinging, tossing, tranquilizing
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