Coak

//ˈkoʊk// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wooden dowel. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”). alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 3
    The brass bearing in the sheave of a block. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.

    "The orlop clamps and shelfpieces are then worked, and the beams and half beams placed thereon, these are coaked and bolted thereto[…]"

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"The orlop clamps and shelfpieces are then worked, and the beams and half beams placed thereon, these are coaked and bolted thereto[…]"

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 coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".

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