Woak

//woʊk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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