"coak" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊk/ [UK], /ˈkoʊk/ [US] Forms: coaks [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊk Etymology: Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to cauk, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow". Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{cog|it|cocca||notch}} Italian cocca (“notch”), {{m+|en|cock}} English cock, {{gloss|"drive oakum between planks"}} ("drive oakum between planks") Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coak (countable and uncountable, plural coaks)
  1. A wooden dowel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coak-en-noun-ePNR1mZC
  2. (nautical) The brass bearing in the sheave of a block. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-coak-en-noun-KMdWRypK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 65 9 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 65 9 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 71 5 19 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊk/ [UK], /ˈkoʊk/ [US] Forms: coaks [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coak (countable and uncountable, plural coaks)
  1. Obsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”). Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: coke (extra: coal fuel)
    Sense id: en-coak-en-noun-PJFIlxfG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkəʊk/ [UK], /ˈkoʊk/ [US] Forms: coaks [present, singular, third-person], coaking [participle, present], coaked [participle, past], coaked [past]
Rhymes: -əʊk Etymology: Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to cauk, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow". Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{cog|it|cocca||notch}} Italian cocca (“notch”), {{m+|en|cock}} English cock, {{gloss|"drive oakum between planks"}} ("drive oakum between planks") Head templates: {{en-verb}} coak (third-person singular simple present coaks, present participle coaking, simple past and past participle coaked)
  1. To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
    Sense id: en-coak-en-verb-CD-lx9le
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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