Definition of oak

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Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Afric

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Aged :: Aged (a.) Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak..
Chesstree :: Chesstree (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A hard drinker; a soaker.
Mantuamaker :: Mantuamaker (n.) One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker..
Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak..
Cloakroom :: Cloakroom (n.) A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time..
Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl..
Oak :: Oak (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Cloak :: Cloak (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal..
Coag :: Coag (n.) See Coak, a kind of tenon..
Drabble :: Drabble (v. t.) To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak..
Shillelah :: Shillelah (n.) An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks..
Rift :: Rift (v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds..
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like..
Palliation :: Palliation (n.) That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised..
Burnous :: Burnous (n.) A combination cloak and hood worn by women.
Socky :: Socky (a.) Wet; soaky.
Croaking :: Croaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croa.
Mantilla :: Mantilla (n.) A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like..
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