▪ I. bowk, bouk local.
(baʊk)
[perh.:—OE. b{uacu}c bulging vessel, pitcher, also ‘belly’, see bouk, and cf. bucket.]
† 1. A milk pail; a pail. Obs. or dial.
| c 1000 ælfric Judges vii. 20 Hi tobræcon þa bucas. 1663 P. Henry Diary 15 June (1882) 139 A mayd..who coming from milking fell down with the Bowk on her head and dyed. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Gloss., Bouk (obsolescent), a pail with an upright handle, used for various purposes of brewing, dairy-work, etc. |
2. A large tub or bucket used in coal-mines.
| 1865 Engineer 1 Dec. 16/3 Three men..were lowered down the shaft in a bowk or tub. 1869 Echo 28 June, They then..got into the water bowk, which they were using as a skip. 1882 Law Reports 357 A workman..killed through falling from a ‘bowk’, in which he was being drawn up the pit shaft. |
▪ II. bowk
north. form of buck, bulk.
▪ III. bowk
variant of bolk v. Obs. to belch.