Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Scotch form of book.
  • noun The military families of Japan, as distinguished from the kuge, or court nobility; the daimios, or territorial nobility, and their retainers, the samurai.

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Examples

  • A Brooklyn-based duo, Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez play with customized homemade gear that includes heavy-duty amps, a "toe-bourine," a kick-drum with noisemakers and, of course, the modified baritone ukulele "buke" and guitar-bass hybrid

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Their sound consists of what they call a "buke" (a six-string baritone ukulele), a "gass" (a guitar-bass hybrid they invented), some bells, and a kick-drum.

    The Morning News 2009

  • Their sound consists of what they call a "buke" (a six-string baritone ukulele), a "gass" (a guitar-bass hybrid they invented), some bells, and a kick-drum.

    The Morning News 2009

  • "A 'dinna say that they wud read the Doctor's letters, an' a 'dinna say they wud tak a buke as a keepsake, but a' can never forget ane o 'them -- he hed a squint and red hair -- comin' oot frae the cupboard as a 'opened the door.

    Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

  • I s'pose that kind of thing could work in my buke.

    Tales from the Golden Age II 2010

  • Looks like an ad centred around some of that infamous Japanese “buke cake” that Scott was talking about.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Still wondering why the Xbox tanks in Japan? 2007

  • It was in fact an oak tree, which would have made the fellowship happier still had they been aware of that fact, as they settled their backs against its vast trunk and Ellsworth-Howard set up the buke on his lap.

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

  • Rutherford was referring to the fact that all of the initial data on the third sequence had been lost when Ellsworth-Howard's buke had been spiked.

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

  • He sank into his now-customary chair and pulled out his buke, setting it up for wide image.

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

  • He pulled out his buke, squeezed in a code, and waited for the results.

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

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