BOUK

Etymology

Noun

bouk (plural bouks)

(UK dialectal or obsolete) The belly.

(UK dialectal) The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.

(UK dialectal) The carcass of a slaughtered animal.

Anagrams

• Kubo, boku, buko

Source: Wiktionary


Bouk, n. Etym: [AS. bücbauch, Icel. bü body.]

1. The body. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Bulk; volume. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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