Woak
//woʊk// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An oak. England, dialectal, obsolete, possibly
"When I'd a-hung un up in th' woak tree […]"
Example
More examples"When I'd a-hung un up in th' woak tree […]"
Etymology
Like one, the word oak acquired an intrusive initial /w/ in some dialects beginning already in the 1400s with Middle English wocke (“oak”).
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