Bouk Definition
noun
(UK dialectal) The carcass of a slaughtered animal.
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Noun
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boukPlural:
bouksOrigin of Bouk
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From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly, stomach”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”). See also bucket.
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