English Explanatory Dictionary

neuk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
  2. A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

Pronunciation

/njuːk/

Word forms

neuk neuks

Etymology

See nook.

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