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2,126 words match “OKE”

OKE n. 2 definitions
A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2
OKENITE n.
A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.
OKER n.
See Ocher.
ADVOKE v.
To summon; to call. [Obs.] Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome. Fuller.
ARTICHOKE n. 2 definitions
See Jerusalem artichoke.
AVOKE v.
To call from or back again. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
BESMOKE v. 2 definitions
To foul with smoke.
BESPOKE n.
imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.
BETOKEN v. 2 definitions
To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton.
BILL BROKER n.
One who negotiates the discount of bills.
BLOODSTROKE n.
Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.
BOKE v.
To poke; to thrust. [Obs. or Dial.]
BOOKED a. 2 definitions
Registered.
BOOKER n.
One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper.
BROKE v. 3 definitions
ct as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.] We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. Fanshawe. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. Shak.
BROKEN a. 10 definitions
Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
BROKEN BREAST n.
Abscess of the mammary gland.
BROKEN WIND n.
The heaves.
BROKEN-BACKED a. 2 definitions
Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
BROKEN-BELLIED a.
Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
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