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Webster 1913 Edition

Roke

Roke

,
Noun.
[See
Reek
.]
1.
Mist; smoke; damp
[Prov. Eng.]
[Written also
roak
,
rook
, and
rouk
.]
2.
A vein of ore.
[Pov.Eng.]
Halliwell.

Definition 2024

roke

roke

English

Alternative forms

Noun

roke ‎(plural rokes)

  1. (Britain, dialect) mist; smoke; damp
  2. (Britain, dialect) A vein of ore.
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

roke

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of ruiken
  2. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of rieken
  3. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of roken

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Etymology

From Middle English roke ‎(“fog, vapour, cloud”), probably from Middle Dutch roke, rooc ‎(“smoke”), from Old Dutch rouc ‎(“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Germanic *raukiz ‎(“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg- ‎(“to erupt, vomit, burp”), from Proto-Indo-European *rew- ‎(“to roar, growl, grumble”). Cognate with Scots rok, roik, rouk ‎(“mist, fog, cloud”), Dutch rook ‎(“smoke, fog”), German Rauch ‎(“smoke, fume”), Swedish rök ‎(“smoke, fume, steam, reek”), West Frisian reek, riik ‎(“smoke, fume”). More at reek.

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