Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hollow or an incision, as in timber.
  • noun See dak.
  • To cut or mark with an incision.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.
  • noun See dak.
  • noun A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hollow or crack in timber.

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  • From Open Minded Ethics: 'Dawk, v. To make a sweeping appraisal of something while at a distance from it so great that you cannot see it properly. “I tried to get him to consider Rowan Williams’ collection of poems carefully, but he was too busy dawkin’ at them.�?'

    March 4, 2008