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Bosk vs Boak - What's the difference?

bosk | boak |

As a noun bosk

is a thicket; a small wood.

As a verb boak is

to burp.

bosk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thicket; a small wood.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Through bosk and dell.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    boak

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To burp.
  • (Scotland) To retch or vomit.
  • * 1996, , Trainspotting [http://books.google.com/books?id=iSGR2pjiNNMC&pg=PA94&dq=trainspotting+boaked&sig=ACfU3U3ATToPuwanos9vFDS3fDC9nM8iSA]
    • — God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.
  • * 1997, , Movern Callar [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruWZweEYGCoC&q=%22to+boak%22&dq=%22to+boak%22&lr=&pgis=1]
    • I was going to boak : I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
  • * 1999, , Black and Blue [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcp3XgEoKfUC&pg=PA190&dq=Black+and+Blue+boaking&sig=ACfU3U3-HUt2Oem4jS_Kw8gHawBTP3gnhg]
    • He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
  • * 1999, , Behind the Scenes at the Museum [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=xVncfH11mvkC&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&sig=-ZokrlMpLfQayujl9JvIQto3fVk]
    • I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked !’).

    Quotations

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