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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Ravehook :: Ravehook (n.) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum..
Soaker :: Soaker (n.) One who, or that which, soaks..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
Xylindein :: Xylindein (n.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo..
Brewis :: Brewis (n.) Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter..
Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode..
Soppy :: Soppy (a.) Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.
Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..
Poak :: Poak (n.) Alt. of Poak.
Saturate :: Saturate (p. a.) Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
Quercitannic :: Quercitannic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance..
Happed :: Happed (p. a.) Wrapped; covered; cloaked.
Oak :: 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
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Squawweed :: Squawroot (n.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.
Steep :: Steep (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping..
Bavaroy :: Bavaroy (n.) A kind of cloak or surtout.
Drabble :: Drabble (v. t.) To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak..
Buck :: Buck (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Cloak :: Cloak (n.) A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women..
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