cokes
plural of coke
cokes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coke
cokes (plural cokeses)
(obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.
• scoke
Cokes
plural of Coke
• scoke
Source: Wiktionary
Cokes, n. Etym: [OE. Cf. Coax.]
Definition: A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Coke, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to cake, n.]
Definition: Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.
Coke, v. t.
Definition: To convert into coke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
