COKESES

Noun

cokeses

plural of cokes

Source: Wiktionary


COKES

Cokes, n. Etym: [OE. Cf. Coax.]

Definition: A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

COKE

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



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