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English
Etymology 1
Related to roke (“mist; smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”). Compare raggy (“foggy”).
Noun
rawk (plural rawks)
- (Yorkshire) A thick fog.
- (Can we date this quote?) Clare, manuscript poems, quoted in 1854, Anne Elizabeth Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, page 163:
- 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.
Etymology 2
Compare roke (“defect in steel”).
Noun
rawk (plural rawks)
- (UK, dialectal, possibly obsolete) A mark.
1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words:Rawks o' muck dahn't side on his faace.
1896 June 27, Yorkshire Weekly Post:'At drew all them 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:When the piece is on shade, cool down gradually and thoroughly to avoid “rawks” […]
Etymology 3
Noun
rawk (uncountable)
- Pronunciation spelling of rock (“music genre”).
I enjoy listening to good rawk.
Verb
rawk (third-person singular simple present rawks, present participle rawking, simple past and past participle rawked)
- Pronunciation spelling of rock.
What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!
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