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单词 rokeag
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rokeagn.

Brit. /ˈrəʊkiːɡ/, U.S. /ˈroʊˌkiɡ/
Forms: 1800s rockage, 1800s rockeage, 1800s rokeage, 1900s– rokeag, 1900s– rokee, 1900s– roucheag.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Quiripi. Etymon: Quiripi *rōhkhīk.
Etymology: Apparently < Quiripi *rōhkhīk ( < /roːhk-/ soft + /-h/ to make (so) with a tool + /-iːk(an-)/ product of), cognate with Pequot yoakheage (see yokeag n.); compare Massachusett noohkhik and Narragansett nókehick nocake n. Compare earlier nocake n. and rockahominy n. N.E.D. (1909) spells the headword Rokeage, and gives the pronunciation as (rōu·kėdʒ) /ˈrəʊkɪdʒ/.
U.S. Now rare.
Dried Indian corn, finely ground and mixed with sugar. Cf. pinole n., yokeag n.
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1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Rokeage, or Yokeage, Indian corn parched, pulverized, and mixed with sugar.
1870 E. T. Stevens Flint Chips 544 The charred maize was..mixed with about a third part of maple sugar. This formed the sole food-supply of some of the hunters,..and was known as rockeage or yokeage.
1886 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 6th Ser. I. 188 I pray your acceptance of a little Boston Yokeheag [Rokeage]: I am told it is very good.
1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 394 Rokeag..made of finely powdered parched corn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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