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
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
It is printed in two lines, and reads:— “A passing gode lityll boke necessarye & behouefull agenst the Pestilens.”
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
‘The boke of Rome thus can telle,’ and The Erl of Tolouse, ed.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
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
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