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Linen vs Dook - What's the difference?

linen | dook |

As nouns the difference between linen and dook

is that linen is thread or cloth made from flax fiber while dook is a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.

As a verb dook is

to make a certain clucking sound.

linen

English

(wikipedia linen)

Noun

  • (lb) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
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  • (lb) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, under clothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
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  • A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
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    • Derived terms

    * bedlinen * dirty linen * fair linen * linenless * linens * linen basket * linen closet * linen draper * linen paper * underlinen * linoleum

    See also

    * fustian * lingerie * muslin * flaxen *

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en ----

    dook

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeic.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound.

    • Etymology 2

    (duck)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialect) duck
  • * 1835 , James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2
    • But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . See also (l) (cloth).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) ----