cawkn.¹

Forms: Also cawke, (1700s calk, 1800s cauk, caulk).

Etymology: A variant spelling of cauk n.

1. ‘A miner's term for native sulphate of barium’ (Watts Dict. Chem.), or heavy spar.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > barium sulphate

liverstone1587

ponderous spar1618

cauk1653

cawk1653

ponderous earth1780

baroselenite1786

barytes1789

heavy spar1789

terra ponderosa1794

hepatite1802

allomorphite1842

1653 [implied in: E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 265 Cauke, Sparr, Lid-Stones, Twitches, Daulings and Pees. (at cauk n. 4)].

1675 Philos. Trans. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 226 Cawk is a ponderous white Stone, found in the Lead-Mines.

1676 J. Beaumont in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 731 The Stones..move in Vinegar..sending forth bubbles, as I find Cawk will very freely.

1783 Withering in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 307 Terra ponderosa Vitriolata, Calk or Cauk.

1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Ochil Hills In a matrix of sulphate of barytes or cawk.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 574 The..cauk-spar, since called barytes.

1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xii. 289 The matrix..is caulk or the sulphat of barytes.

1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck I. iii. 51 I picked him out a atom of cawke, and a mossel or two of Blue-John.

2. = cauk n., chalk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

cawkn.²

/kɔːk/

Etymology: Imitative.

The cry of some birds, rooks, divers, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > harsh

shrikingc1374

creaking1575

yawping1576

clang1667

shriek1765

yawp1824

cawk1856

squark1860

crunk1868

cronk1878

squarking1897

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxi. 269 These last flew very high, emitting at regular intervals their reed-like ‘kawk’.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 276 Those [rooks] that are diving utter a gurgling sound like the usual cawk prolonged—‘caw-wouk’.

Derivatives

cawk v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cry or call > harshly

creakc1325

crakec1386

yawpc1400

crunk1565

cawk1761

quawk1821

clang1832

clank1865

squark1871

1761 Life J. Churchman (1780) 297 I thought I saw also the raven fly, cawking, to and fro, but he did not return.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	cawk
释义	cawkn.¹ Forms: Also cawke, (1700s calk, 1800s cauk, caulk). Etymology: A variant spelling of cauk n. 1. ‘A miner's term for native sulphate of barium’ (Watts Dict. Chem.), or heavy spar. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > barium sulphate liverstone1587 ponderous spar1618 cauk1653 cawk1653 ponderous earth1780 baroselenite1786 barytes1789 heavy spar1789 terra ponderosa1794 hepatite1802 allomorphite1842 1653 [implied in: E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 265 Cauke, Sparr, Lid-Stones, Twitches, Daulings and Pees. (at cauk n. 4)]. 1675 Philos. Trans. 1674 (Royal Soc.) 9 226 Cawk is a ponderous white Stone, found in the Lead-Mines. 1676 J. Beaumont in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 731 The Stones..move in Vinegar..sending forth bubbles, as I find Cawk will very freely. 1783 Withering in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 307 Terra ponderosa Vitriolata, Calk or Cauk. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Ochil Hills In a matrix of sulphate of barytes or cawk. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 574 The..cauk-spar, since called barytes. 1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xii. 289 The matrix..is caulk or the sulphat of barytes. 1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck I. iii. 51 I picked him out a atom of cawke, and a mossel or two of Blue-John. 2. = cauk n., chalk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). cawkn.² /kɔːk/ Etymology: Imitative. The cry of some birds, rooks, divers, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > harsh shrikingc1374 creaking1575 yawping1576 clang1667 shriek1765 yawp1824 cawk1856 squark1860 crunk1868 cronk1878 squarking1897 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxi. 269 These last flew very high, emitting at regular intervals their reed-like ‘kawk’. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 276 Those [rooks] that are diving utter a gurgling sound like the usual cawk prolonged—‘caw-wouk’. Derivatives cawk v. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cry or call > harshly creakc1325 crakec1386 yawpc1400 crunk1565 cawk1761 quawk1821 clang1832 clank1865 squark1871 1761 Life J. Churchman (1780) 297 I thought I saw also the raven fly, cawking, to and fro, but he did not return. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > see also also refers to : caukcawkv.² < n.¹1653n.²1761 see also
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