roke

[ rohk ]

noun

, Metallurgy.

1. a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roke¹

First recorded in 1885–90; origin uncertain; perhaps originally dialect (N England) roke, rawk “to scratch, flaw”

Example Sentences

The Archmage Nemmerle, Warder of Roke, was an old man, older it was said than any man then living.

From Literature

He was sent with seven other boys across Roke Island to the farthest north-most cape, where stands the Isolate Tower.

From Literature

All the first night, the shortest night of full moon of the year, flutes played out in the fields, and the narrow streets of Thwil were full of drums and torches, and the sound of singing went out over the moonlit waters of Roke Bay.

From Literature

When at last he came to Serd, the ship’s master of whom he asked passage out to Roke bowed as he answered, “A privilege to me, Lord Wizard, and an honor to my ship!”

From Literature

In his mind all the Masters of Roke gathered, Gensher the Archmage frowning in their midst, and Nemmerle was with them, and Ogion, and even the witch who had taught him his first spell: all of them gazed at him and he knew he had failed their trust in him.

From Literature