Dictionary - Definition of COAK


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Coke, n": The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.[Websters] 2. A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.[Websters] 3. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.[Websters].
Verb	1. To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: coaking, coaked, coaks, coaker, coakers, coakingly and coakedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

"Coak" is a common misspelling or typo for: coal, coat, cook, coach, cork, cloak, coke, coax, croak, choak, conk, coaks.

Date "Coak" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Coke, n": The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.[Websters] 2. A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.[Websters] 3. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.[Websters].
Verb	1. To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: coaking, coaked, coaks, coaker, coakers, coakingly and coakedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

Date "COAK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Definition: COAK