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Meaning of COAK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Coak\ (k[=o]k), n.
    See {Coke}, n.
    
  2. \Coak\, n.
    1. (Carp.) 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. [Also spelt {coag}.]
    2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of
       a wooden block sheave.
    
  3. \Coak\, v. t. (Carp.)
    To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the
    edges or faces. --Totten.
    
 
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