roke1
/rəʊk/Now Scottish and English regional
noun
Steam; vapour, mist, fog, or an instance of this.
Origin
Middle English (in an earlier sense). Probably from early Scandinavian from a variant (without i-mutation) of the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic reykr smoke, vapour, Old Swedish röker smoke, vapour, odour (Swedish rök), Old Danish røk smoke. Compare Anglo-Norman roke mist, fog.
roke2
/rəʊk/(also roak, roake) Founding
noun
A longitudinal surface defect in a steel ingot in the form of a thin shallow depression typically lined with scale.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in British Patents. Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare English regional (north.) roke, rawk, rawk flaw or defect in a piece of cloth, stone, metal, etc.
- ferryable
- ferry boat
- ferry bridge
- ferry craft
- ferry flat
- ferry house
- ferry-louper
- ferryman
- ferry master
- ferry nab
- ferry operator
- ferry pole
- ferry right
- ferry rights
- fertile
- Fertile Crescent
- fertilisation
- fertilise
- fertiliser
- fertility
- fertility cult
- fertility drug
- fertility treatment
- fertilizable
- fertilization