rawk

noun, verb — 4 senses

rawk

noun

Etymology Related to roke (“mist; smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”). Compare raggy (“foggy”).

1

Yorkshire A thick fog.

The rawk o' the hills, and the mist o' the mountains, / Like the reek o'a pot, and the smoke of a kiln, / Draws further off still, while the round sun is counting / His pulses o' light o' the morning so still.a. 1854, Clare, manuscript poems, quoted in 1854, Anne Elizabeth Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, page 163

Derived terms: rawky

rawk

verb

1

Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of rock.

What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!

rawk

noun

Etymology Compare roke (“defect in steel”).

1

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete, Possibly A mark.

Rawks o' muck dahn't side on his faace.1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words:
'At drew all them rawks.1896 June 27, Yorkshire Weekly Post:

1 more example

When the piece is on shade, cool down gradually and thoroughly to avoid “rawks” […]1943, Textile Colorist: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Practical Dyeing, Bleaching, Printing and Finishing, Dyes, Dyestuffs and Chemicals as Applied to Dyeing, volume 65, page 241:

rawk

noun

1

Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of rock (“music genre”).

I enjoy listening to good rawk.
RAWK: This is how people who start bands in order to meet porn stars spell rock.[2005 May, Chuck Klosterman, “The Rock Lexicon”, in SPIN, page 61:

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