n.
. Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Zool.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc. ] A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. [ 1913 Webster ]
How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to snuffle, to smell about, to search for. ] To lurk; to lie in ambush. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. snoek. ] (Zool.)
a. Without nooks and corners; guileless. [ Obs. ] “Unnooked simplicity.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]