boke

/ bok; bəʊk /

verb

1. to retch or vomit

noun

1. a retch; vomiting fit

Word History and Origins

Origin of boke¹

Middle English bolken ; related to belch , German bölken to roar

Example Sentences

The handelynge whereof Tulli wryteth in his boke of inuencion thus.

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And is boke tretys e Craft of Nombryng, e quych crafte is called also Algorym.

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Here he telles e in quych side of e boke or of e tabul ou schalle be-gyne to wyrch duplacio, diuisio, and multiplicacio.

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The reason of som thynges done in this boke, or omitted in the same, you shall fynde in the preface before the Theoremes.

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Again thei are of one lengthe (as shall be proued in the boke of profes) and therefore their distaunce from the centre is all one.

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