'Coak' definitions:
Definition of 'Coak'
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- Coak \Coak\, n.
- 1. (Carp.) 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. [Also spelt coag.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Coak'
From: GCIDE
- Coak \Coak\, v. t. (Carp.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'coak'
From: GCIDE
- Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.] [1913 Webster]
- Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens. [1913 Webster]