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Coak [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

COAK . [ See Coke .]

Coak [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. See Coke, n.

2. 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.

3. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Coak [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.