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boke

British  
/ bok, bəʊk /

verb

  1. to retch or vomit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a retch; vomiting fit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of boke

Middle English bolken ; related to belch , German bölken to roar

Example Sentences

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To use vernacular that our Scottish readers will no doubt be familiar with, it's enough to give you the boke.

From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2013

Other wise loke not to receiue by this boke that good which I entend, but that euel which by your owne foly you vndiscretelye bring.

From The Sweating Sickness A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse by Caius, John

This gode lityll boke, written by Canutus, Bishop of Aarhaus, was printed in London about 1482 by Machlinia.

From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford

Who therfore lusteth to see more, let him loke vpon that boke.

From The Sweating Sickness A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse by Caius, John

All the ees that shalbe uowels in this present boke shalbe marked as the dyptong is in latyn, thus �.

From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles

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