wauk

¹ British  

/ wɔːk /

verb

1. a Scot word for wake 1

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wauk ² British  

/ wɔːk /

verb

1. (tr) to full (cloth)

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Etymology

Origin of wauk

C15: variant of _walk

Example Sentences

Eh, gien he wud but wauk up, what a man he would mak!

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George

Gien a man hauds on practeesin what he kens, the hunger 'ill wauk in him efter something mair.

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George

Wi’ Keighla foak we are behind, An’s hed to wauk agin wur mind; But soin th’ crookt-legg’d ens thay will find       We’ll keep em wi’ a Railway.

From Th' History o' Haworth Railway fra' th' beginnin' to th' end, wi' an ackaant o' th' oppnin' serrimony by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

An’ wats wur case nur all, you’ve hed to wauk, wet and dry, thro’ thick an’ thin, i’ all sorts o’ weather, to Keighla, wen you’ve wanted to go on th’ continent or to London. 

From Th' History o' Haworth Railway fra' th' beginnin' to th' end, wi' an ackaant o' th' oppnin' serrimony by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

I. Whan I sleep I dream, Whan I wauk I’m eerie, Sleep I canna get, For thinkin’ o’ my dearie.

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