Scottish Word for Today December 12, 2015 COUP – BOAK/BOKE COUP (pronounced as in cowp --- cow with a p at the end) Definition of COUP chiefly Scottish : overturn, upset To coup: Also, tipping over a wheelbarrow filled with dirt, as an example. Collins Dictionary coup2 or or cowp (kaʊp) Definitions (Scottish) verb 1. to turn or fall over noun 2. a rubbish tip BOAK/BOKE Jim Arnett, on this list, made me smile in his response to eating the skin of the clootie dumpling and nearly having the boak. I don’t remember any of us having that experience. Maybe the cook at Jim’s was ‘off’ that day. Ahem! The very word itself makes me want to boak! My mother serving tripe and onions, to be followed by semolina (cream of wheat) dessert, would not only make me want to boak, but would send me into a most glorious tantrum as the visual image of tripe floating in milk and butter was so off-putting visually, but also an offence to my tastebuds. I was bemused that the well-known t.v. ‘Galloping Gourmet,’ London-born Graham Kerr, concocted this fancy, ‘gentrified’ tripe and pig’s foot recipe. Not for me! A rose is a rose! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tunisian-tripe-recipe.html Definitions of boak boak (bok; bəʊk ) verb, noun 1. a variant spelling of boke boke or boak or or bock (bok; bəʊk) (Scottish) verb 1. to retch or vomit noun 2. a retch; vomiting fit Word Origin Middle English bolken; related to belch, German bölken to roar Perhaps Nivard will suggest that boak/boke is a word also used in England! Maisie

Well Maisie Funny you should mention it ;-) But no :-) Not a word used in England as far as I know However OED gives :- Boak > as in bolk, v. Forms: ME–15 bolke, ME bulk, ME–15 bulke, 15 bolk, bolck, balk, balck, (Sc.) bok; (north) 15–17 boke, bock, 16– boak, bouk, bowk. Etymology: Middle English bolk-en , cognate with modern German bolken , bölken ... (Show More) 1. intr. To eructate; = belch v. 1. 2. to bolk out (trans.): to give vent to, ejaculate, vociferate; = belch v. 2. 3. trans. To emit (wind) by belching; = belch v. 3. 4. a. intr. To vomit; to retch, or make efforts as in vomiting. Still dial. b. trans. Also with up. dial. 5. fig. and transf. To emit as in vomiting, to eject (as a volcano). 6. intr. To heave or throb like a confined gas or fluid. to bolk up: to ‘rise’ in the stomach. 7. intr. To gush, flow in gulps. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11/12/2015 21:26, Maisie Egger via wrote: > Scottish Word for Today > > December 12, 2015 > > COUP – BOAK/BOKE > > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus