Meaning

(UK, dialect) Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK, dialect) Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
2. A defect in an ingot of steel: a depression lined with scale.
3. (UK, dialect, mining) A measurement of coal ore.

Example Sentences

It was found by examination of numerous sections of roky shell that it was not possible to estimate the extent of a roke by its appearance on the surface. The filing of a groove across the roke gives some […] indication as to its depth, […]

of which custom the aforesaid John Parlby being not in the least ignorant, on the 20th day of Jun, in the second year of the reign of our Lord the present King, at the same pit, received and had a whole roke of coals, value 18d., by the delivery of the said Richard, together with a sign for one whole roke, according to the custom aforesaid;

In 1450 certain lands at Codnor were exchanged subject to the condition that one of the parites should receive yearly three roke of coal if any 'myne of cole' were got.

Account of coal getting, from 13 February to 24 December, 17 Henry VIII., giving the quantity got by each collier week by week, in the following form: “ L. Lambe gatt xiii roke

Word Forms

• rokes
• roak
• rook
• rouk

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When Should You Use Roke?

Use roke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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