pawk
/pɔːk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wile
Example Sentences
- "So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!"
- "and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin."
- "I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round."
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Usage
Inflected Forms
pawks (plural)
pauk (alternative)