Dook vs Nook - What's the difference?
dook | nook |
(dialect) duck
* 1835 , James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
A hidden or secluded spot.
As nouns the difference between dook and nook
is that dook is a strong, untwilled linen or cotton while nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.As a verb dook
is (of a ferret) to make a certain clucking sound or dook can be (dialect) duck.dook
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Etymology 2
(duck)Verb
(en verb)- 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)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) ----nook
English
Noun
(en noun)- There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
- The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks ; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.