Neuk
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /njuːk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Neuk is a noun meaning (Scotland, Northumbria) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917).
Meaning
(Scotland, Northumbria) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917).
More Meanings
- (Scotland, Northumbria) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.
Word Forms
- neuks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ingle, nook, sneck, neckland, wynd, newelty.
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