Category: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 (zoöl.), the western Locust, or grasshopper. See grasshopper. -- rocky mountain sheep. (zoöl.) See bighorn.