Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gowk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gowk \Gowk\, v. t. [See {Gawk}.]
To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gowk \Gowk\, n. [See {Gawk}.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
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