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Definition of oak

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Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Afric

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Valonia :: Valonia (n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers..

Soaker :: Soaker (n.) One who, or that which, soaks..

Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode..

Circular :: Circular (a.) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form..

Manteau :: Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.

Soaked :: Soaked (imp. & p. p.) of Soa.

Bald :: Bald (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak..

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.

Weep :: Weep (v. i.) To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked..

Pall :: Pall (n.) An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

Cloke :: Cloke (n. & v.) See Cloak.

Soppy :: Soppy (a.) Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.

Sloakan :: Sloakan (n.) A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.

Infusion :: Infusion (v. t.) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.

Oiled :: Oiled (a.) Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil..

Bogwood :: Bogwood (n.) The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments..

Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used..

Pick :: Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc..

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Kermes :: Kermes (n.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine..