† merribowk Obs.
Also meribauk, merry bauks.
[f. merry a. + bowk. Cf. sillibouk.]
A sillibub or posset.
| 1611 Cotgr., Laict aigre, whay; also, a sillibub, or merribowke. 1613 Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb iii. iii. (1647) 108/2 And can you milke a Cow? and make a merrybush [? read-buck or -bouk]? 1664 O. Heywood Diaries, etc. (1883) III. 86 She had drunk six meribauk pots ful of ale. 1674 Ray N.C. Words, Merry bauks: a cold Posset, Derb. |