holk.
hollow object; socket (like the shaft socket on a speartip)
Meaning & usage
hollow object; socket (like the shaft socket on a speartip)
a nest box, a birdhouse
a hulk, an old, decommissioned ship (used for storage or housing)
a pipe stuffed with cannabis, or more rarely a joint
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish holker, from Old Norse holkr, from Proto-Germanic *hulkaz (“cavity, hollow, recess”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Icelandic hólkur, English hulk.
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