Rawk

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thick fog. Yorkshire

    "The rawk o' the hills, and the mist o' the mountains, / Like the reek o'a pot, and the smoke of a kiln, / Draws further off still, while the round sun is counting / His pulses o' light o' the morning so still."

  2. 2
    A mark. UK, dialectal, obsolete, possibly

    "Rawks o' muck dahn't side on his faace."

  3. 3
    Pronunciation spelling of rock (“music genre”). alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable

    "I enjoy listening to good rawk."

Verb
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of rock. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!"

Example

More examples

"The rawk o' the hills, and the mist o' the mountains, / Like the reek o'a pot, and the smoke of a kiln, / Draws further off still, while the round sun is counting / His pulses o' light o' the morning so still."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Related to roke (“mist; smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”). Compare raggy (“foggy”).

Etymology 2

Compare roke (“defect in steel”).

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