roke

American  

[rohk] / roʊk /

noun

Metallurgy.

1. a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.

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Etymology

Origin of roke

First recorded in 1885–90; origin uncertain; perhaps originally dialect (N England) roke, rawk “to scratch, flaw”

Example Sentences

"B roke it in nine places," Eugene Roach was saying.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was very dark and a fine rain fell, so that a man could see no further before his eyes than he can at evening through a Norfolk roke in autumn.

From Montezuma's Daughter by Haggard, Henry Rider

“Arise up, my maidens,Wi’ roke and wi’ fan,How blest had I beenHad I married a man!Arise up, my maidens,Tak’ spear and tak’ sword,Go milk the ewes, Gordon,An’ I will be lord.”

From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew

The moor was driegh, and Meg was skiegh, Her favour Duncan could na win; For wi’ the roke she wad him knock.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Rocking is a term derived from primitive times, when our country-women employed their spare hours in spinning on the roke or distaff.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert