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
We shall begynne this boke than in the name oeuures on doibt estre brief.
From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles
Also a generall rule | of al manner of Herbes drawen out | of an auncient boke | of Physycke by | W. C.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
As I fynde wryten in a boke That in borrowyng I betoke Of a gret ladyes preste,” etc.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
Here is a good boke to lerne to speke french.
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew
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