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coak.

A wooden dowel.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkəʊk/UK/ˈkoʊk/US
  1. A wooden dowel.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The brass bearing in the sheave of a block.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".

verb/ˈkəʊk/UK/ˈkoʊk/US
  1. To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".

noun/ˈkəʊk/UK/ˈkoʊk/US
  1. Obsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”).

    alt-of · countable · obsolete · uncountable
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