bowk

The large iron bucket, technically called "bowk," was attached to the steel wire rope which hung about the smouldering shaft.

Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile David Christie Murray

There is consequently a second round given to the goods, consisting of a bowk in soda-ash, followed by the second and usually final chemicking.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various

"Ye're aye cute, dame," I cried, thrawing the bit gy abune, and in a gliffing, doun jumpit the chiel, and a braw chiel he was sure enough, siccan my auld e'en sall ne'er see again, wi 'his brent brow and buirdly bowk wrappit in a tartan plaid, wi' a Highland kilt.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

As he spoke, the "skip," or "bowk," used for descending and ascending the shaft, reached the bottom, and Samuel Kempson and his boy were helped into it, and with some of the other men, began their ascent.

Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"Brawly, Mr. Dusterdeevil -- brawly do I ken ye, and has done mony a day; but there's nae jesting in the case, for I am wearying to see ae our treasures; we should hae had baith ends o 'the pockmanky filled by this time -- I hope it's bowk eneugh to haud a' the gear?"

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

"Brawly, Mr. Dusterdeevil -- brawly do I ken ye, and has done mony a day; but there's nae jesting in the case, for I am wearying to see ae our treasures; we should hae had baith ends o 'the pockmanky filled by this time -- I hope it's bowk eneugh to haud a' the gear?"

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

I stormed out to the safety of my shed and my priceless collection of wall fixings, pausing only to bowk rich brown vomit into a hedge.

Scaryduck: Not Scary. Not a Duck. 2009

Do even Cockney grandads, as Mr. Wright seems to claim, still use words like bowk to ` belch, 'pissimire an ` ant', or

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1 1981

o 'the pockmanky filled by this time --- I hope it's bowk eneugh to haud a' the gear? ''

The Antiquary 1845

“Brawly, Mr. Dusterdeevil — brawly do I ken ye, and has done mony a day; but there’s nae jesting in the case, for I am wearying to see ae our treasures; we should hae had baith ends o’ the pockmanky filled by this time — I hope it’s bowk eneugh to haud

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