Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of ocher.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete See ocher.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Obsolete form of ochre.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word oaker.

Examples

  • Stuff that Spanish brown is made on is called oaker.

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • The notes by which I recorded it were written in the cabin of the once lost "live oaker" about four years after the painful incident occurred.

    Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

  • He was, in fact, what is colloquially known as "an old poison oaker."

    Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Saxton Pope 1900

  • She recved no proceiviable damage, we came to for Dinner at a Beever house, Cap Lewis's Dog Seamon went in & drove them out. the high Lands on the L.S. is open, a few trees Scattering (2) passed a Small Creek on the L.S. in the 1s bend to the left I call yellow oaker creek from a bank of that Mineral just above. we camped on the L.S. under a high bank Latd.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • A print that is not of any value, may be nibbed on the wrong fide with red chalk, red oaker, Spanifli bro¥m, Indian red, or 2saf. other fine foft colour that will rub dry into the grain of the paper.

    Essays Upon Natural History, and Other Miscellaneous Subjects, 1770

  • Nor let any be deterr’d, if being to remove any trees, he shall esteem it too consumptive of time; for with a brush dipped in any white colour, or oaker, a thousand may be marked as they stand, in a moment; and that once done, the difficulty is over.

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.