Definition of oak

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Oak (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak.

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Uncloak :: Uncloak (v. i.) To remove, or take off, one's cloak..
Oak :: Oak (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..
Oaky :: Oaky (n.) Resembling oak; strong.
Cup-gall :: Cup-gall (n.) A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
Cloaking :: Cloaking (n.) The material of which of which cloaks are made.
Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak..
Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..
Conferruminated :: Conferruminated (a.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn..
Inwrap :: Inwrap (v. t.) To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc..
Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..
Coaxation :: Coaxation (n.) The act of croaking.
Cupuliferous :: Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule..
Welk :: Welk (v. t.) To soak; also, to beat severely..
Croak :: Croak (n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
Imbrue :: Imbrue (v. t.) To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc..
Tan :: Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water..
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