Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Rócca, s. f. a distaff.
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rocca: a rocke, a fort, a cittadell, a stronghould, a blocke-house, a sconce, a Castle, a Keepe, a Towre. Also any kind of rocke, cliffe or cragge by or in thesea. Also a grub or clod of earth or stone. Also a kind of vnprofitable earth in Cypres, that is neither stone nor earth, but both together and both bad, and good to no vse.