boke

boak or bock

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verb

to retch or vomit

noun

a retch; vomiting fit

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What does "dignity" mean?

showing self-respect

treating others with kindness

acting selfishly

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Word Origin for boke

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

Words nearby boke

Bojardo, Bojer, Bok, Bokassa I, bok choy, boke, bokeh, Bok globule, Bokhara, Bokhara clover, Bokhara rug

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How to use boke in a sentence

The handelynge whereof Tulli wryteth in his boke of inuencion thus.
The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke|Leonard Cox
And is boke tretys e Craft of Nombryng, e quych crafte is called also Algorym.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
Here he telles e in quych side of e boke or of e tabul ou schalle be-gyne to wyrch duplacio, diuisio, and multiplicacio.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous
The reason of som thynges done in this boke, or omitted in the same, you shall fynde in the preface before the Theoremes.
The Path-Way to Knowledg|Robert Record

Again thei are of one lengthe (as shall be proued in the boke of profes) and therefore their distaunce from the centre is all one.
The Path-Way to Knowledg|Robert Record