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coke

(kōk)

noun

coal from which most of the gases have been removed by heating: it burns with intense heat and little smoke, and is used as an industrial fuel
a solid residue left after the distillation of petroleum or other liquid hydrocarbons

Origin: < ME colke, core, charcoal (the unconsumed “core” of burned wood) < IE *gel-ĝ-, rounded < base *gel-: see claw

transitive verb, intransitive verb coked, coking

to change into coke

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noun

Slang cocaine

Origin: short for cocaine

intransitive verb coked, coking

to use cocaine, often to excess: with out or up

Coke, Sir Edward 1552-1634; Eng. jurist

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noun

The solid residue of impure carbon obtained from bituminous coal and other carbonaceous materials after removal of volatile material by destructive distillation. It is used as a fuel and in making steel.

tr. & intr.v. coked coked, cok·ing, cokes

To convert or be converted into coke.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from Middle English colk, core

noun

Cocaine.

transitive verb coked coked, cok·ing, cokes

To affect or intoxicate with cocaine.

A trademark used for a soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic.

English jurist who as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1606-1616) ruled that the common law is supreme law, even when the Crown disagrees.

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