Definition of Poakes

1. poake [n] - See also: poake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poakes

poached eggs
poacher
poacher turned gamekeeper
poachers
poachers turned gamekeepers
poaches
poachier
poachiest
poachiness
poaching
poachings
poachy
poaka
poakas
poake
poakes (current term)
poas
poast
pobby
poblano
poblanos
poboy
poboys
pobs
pocan
pochard
pochards
pochay
pochays
pochette

Literary usage of Poakes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"And yet, as was said in a judgment in which the House of Lords recently Beer, 9 App. ' J . poakes v. affirmed the rule. ' it is not really unreasonable, ..."

2. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"When wee goe to take up corne for the mill, the first thinge wee doe is to looke out poakes, then the bushell and strickle, after that a sieve to rye the ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Except in its timber, the She-oak is not in the least like an oak-tree (Quercus). The spelling in quotation 1792 poakes for this simple explanation, *hich, ..."

4. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"And yet, as was said in a judgment in which the House of Lords recently Beer, 9 App. ' J . poakes v. affirmed the rule. ' it is not really unreasonable, ..."

5. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"When wee goe to take up corne for the mill, the first thinge wee doe is to looke out poakes, then the bushell and strickle, after that a sieve to rye the ..."

6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Except in its timber, the She-oak is not in the least like an oak-tree (Quercus). The spelling in quotation 1792 poakes for this simple explanation, *hich, ..."

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