"pawk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɔːk/ Forms: pawks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: See Puck Head templates: {{en-noun}} pawk (plural pawks)
  1. (Scotland) A wile Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Astacideans Synonyms: pauk Derived forms: pawkery, pawky
    Sense id: en-pawk-en-noun-wZ0Pzb4P Disambiguation of Astacideans: 95 5 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɔːk/ Forms: pawks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} pawk (plural pawks)
  1. (obsolete) A small lobster Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pawk-en-noun-Ii51k~GM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Astacideans",
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          "parents": [
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "pawkery"
        },
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16:",
          "text": "So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1768, William Wilkie, Fables, page 118:",
          "text": "and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:",
          "text": "I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɔːk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pawk"
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        "(obsolete) A small lobster"
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        {
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          "text": "and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:",
          "text": "I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round.",
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        }
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