Coak

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In ship carpentry, a projection from the end of a piece of wood or timber fitting into a hole in another piece to join them, or a cylinder or pin let into the ends of both pieces.
  • noun. Nautical, a square metallic bushing in the central pole of the sheave of a block, through whīch the pin passes.
  • See coke.
  • In ship carpentry, to unite together, as the ends of two pieces of wood, by means of coaks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.
  • noun. See coke, n.
  • noun. A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.
  • noun. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a wooden dowel
  • noun. the brass bearing in the sheave of a block
  • verb. To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
  • Word Usage
    "I lurvz coak … I muss kumz bai dat honnistlee – I gitz it frum mai mamakitteh"
    variant
    coag  coke