boke
Britishverb
noun
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
A boke of | the propertyes | of herbes the whiche | is called an Har | bal, MD.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
The first English title-page is very brief, and reads as follows:— A passing gode lityll boke necessarye & behouefull agenst the Pestilence.
From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
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
If I should particularly ouerrũne but the common sortes of men, which put their felicitie in their desires, it wold make a great boke of it self.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
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