See gowk on Wiktionary
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"t": "cuckoo"
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"ref": "1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:",
"text": "look how the man stands as he were gowk'd",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To make foolish; to stupefy."
]
}
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"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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"An apple core."
],
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"apple",
"apple"
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"core"
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"(Geordie) An apple core."
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"The central part of any thing; pith; core."
],
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"central",
"central"
],
[
"part",
"part"
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[
"pith",
"pith"
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[
"core",
"core"
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"(Geordie, obsolete) The central part of any thing; pith; core."
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
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"English dialectal terms"
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"The hard centre of a boil or sore."
],
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[
"boil",
"boil"
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"sore",
"sore"
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"(dialectal) The hard centre of a boil or sore."
],
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]
},
{
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"English dialectal terms"
],
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"The yolk of an egg."
],
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"yolk",
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[
"egg",
"egg"
]
],
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"(dialectal) The yolk of an egg."
],
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"dialectal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"The inner part of a haystack."
],
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"inner",
"inner"
],
[
"haystack",
"haystack"
]
],
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"(dialectal) The inner part of a haystack."
],
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɡaʊk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡæʊ̯ˀk]"
},
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{
"word": "goke"
},
{
"word": "goak"
},
{
"word": "gauk"
},
{
"word": "gouk"
},
{
"word": "geak"
},
{
"word": "cowk"
}
],
"word": "gowk"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English verbs",
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"en:People"
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"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gulka",
"t": "to burp, belch"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk gulka (“to burp, belch”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "cowk",
"t": "to strain, retch"
},
"expansion": "Scots cowk (“to strain, retch”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "kolken",
"t": "to belch"
},
"expansion": "Dutch kolken (“to belch”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "kolken",
"t": "to gulp"
},
"expansion": "German kolken (“to gulp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "kölken"
},
"expansion": "German kölken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "kulke",
"t": "to gulp"
},
"expansion": "Danish kulke (“to gulp”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "gowks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "gowking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
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"participle",
"past"
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"past"
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"categories": [
"English dialectal terms"
],
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"To retch; vomit."
],
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"retch"
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"vomit",
"vomit"
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"(dialectal) To retch; vomit."
],
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]
}
],
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}
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