roke

[ rohk ]

noun

, Metallurgy.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of roke¹

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

Example Sentences

She was as lean as a man at the hips, and finned away like a mermaid, as became a daughter of the Old Roke.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked at her as if the Old Roke himself had clambered into the boat, with his spell of doom.

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Thus "sheaf" and "reek" are in Norfolk "shoaf" and "roke;" and "smeath," a table land, is evidently from "smooth."

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Later, when the Roke—by Velasquez was being talked of, I went with him to see the picture.

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