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  • proper noun A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Hill Boke (1913-).

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Examples

  • Then came the necessary comparison of Russell’s Boke with the _Boke of

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Which include one of Henry's first schoolbooks, a copy of Cicero, in which the boy has written: "Thys Boke is Myne Prynce Henry."

    Exhibit review of 'Vivat Rex!' at the Folger Shakespeare Library Philip Kennicott 2010

  • Jaya is now stiring and demanding "Boke" which is how it sounds when she says "milk" whils full of cold so I'd better go and leave you with a couple more backstage pics of the Government Inspector and a reminder to come and see it if you can, Wed-Sat this week, 7. 45pm at the Electric Theatre Guildford, call 01483 444789 for details!

    tequilamonky Diary Entry tequilamonky 2009

  • After his death, all that could be stuffed into a large chest were put away in a garret; but a few favourites, and the 'Boke' among them remained on the kitchen shelves for years, till his son's widow grew so 'stalled' of dusting them that she determined to sell them.

    The Enemies of Books William Blades 1857

  • The Boke which is sayd or called Cathon, &c. _printed by the same_, 1483, folio.

    Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811

  • I was riding my E-Boke along Queen Street Saturday April 11 with my friend heading toward the distillery district.

    » Can bikes and scooters get along? • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009

  • I dedicated semester after semester to learning the dances from Boke' and Conakry -- having no idea that I had yet to experience the real thing.

    Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012

  • I dedicated semester after semester to learning the dances from Boke' and Conakry -- having no idea that I had yet to experience the real thing.

    Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012

  • The Boke of Kervynge (carving), written in 1500, warns the cook to: 'Beware of green sallettes and rawe fruytes for they wyll make your soverayne seke.'

    old food 2008

  • The Boke of Kervynge (carving), written in 1500, warns the cook to: 'Beware of green sallettes and rawe fruytes for they wyll make your soverayne seke.'

    tingilinde: 2008

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