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rawk en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Related to roke (“mist; smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”). Compare raggy (“foggy”).

Meanings

1. (Yorkshire) A thick fog.
   • The rawk o' the hills, and the mist o' the mountains, / Like the reek o'a pot, and the smoke of a kiln, / Draws further off still, while the round sun is counting / His pulses o' light o' the morning so still. a. 1854, Clare, manuscript poems, quoted in 1854, Anne Elizabeth Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, page 163

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rawky

rawk en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Compare roke (“defect in steel”).

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, possibly) A mark.
   • 'At drew all them rawks. 1896 June 27, Yorkshire Weekly Post:
   • When the piece is on shade, cool down gradually and thoroughly to avoid “rawks” […] 1943, Textile Colorist: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Practical Dyeing, Bleaching, Printing and Finishing, Dyes, Dyestuffs and Chemicals as Applied to Dyeing, volume 65, page 241:
   • Rawks o' muck dahn't side on his faace. 1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words:

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rawk en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable) Pronunciation spelling of rock (“music genre”).
   alt of rock
   • I enjoy listening to good rawk.
   • RAWK: This is how people who start bands in order to meet porn stars spell rock. [2005 May, Chuck Klosterman, “The Rock Lexicon”, in SPIN, page 61:

rawk en · VERB · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of rock.
   alt of rock
   • What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!

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