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

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

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

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