Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coak"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of
a wooden block sheave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coak \Coak\ (k[=o]k), n.
See {Coke}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coak \Coak\, v. t. (Carp.)
To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the
edges or faces. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
{Gas coke}, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished
from that made in ovens.
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