n. [ Perh. akin to cake, n. ] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where &unr_; smokeless fire is required.
Gas coke,
v. t. To convert into coke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cockney. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Com.) The cocoanut. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. Cf. Coax. ] A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Cuckold. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]