coak
coak is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt coag.]
- 2.A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheve.
- 3.To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face. Totten.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt coag.] called?
- What is a metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheve called?
- What is to unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face. Totten called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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