† bokev.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive and transitive. To thrust or push out; to butt, to poke.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)]
tootc897
shootc1000
to come outOE
abuta1250
to stand outc1330
steek?c1335
risea1398
jutty14..
proferc1400
strutc1405
to stick upa1500
issuec1515
butt1523
to stick outc1540
jut1565
to run out1565
jet1593
gag1599
poke1599
proke1600
boke1601
prosiliate1601
relish1611
shoulder1611
to stand offa1616
protrude1704
push1710
projecta1712
protend1726
outstand1755
shove1850
outjut1851
extrude1852
bracket1855
to corbel out1861
to set out1892
pier1951
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push
pilta1200
beara1500
put1504
hunch1581
boke1601
nudge1809
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 326 Armed with two long hornes boking out before them.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 99 On the reuerse a bull boaking with his hornes.
1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1651) iii. xvi. §xi. (margin) As Hens in a coop alwaies boaking to get out.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 6 To Boke at one, to Point at one. Chesh.
1879 E. Waugh Chimney Corner 199 I..boked my finger at this oppen e'e.
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