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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COKE, n. Fossil coal charred, or deprived of its bitumen, sulphur or other extraneous or volatile matter by fire, and thus prepared for exciting intense heat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
2: Coca Cola is a trademarked cola [syn: Coca Cola, Coke]
3: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C] v
1: become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation"

Merriam Webster's

I. trademark — used for a cola drink II. biographical name Sir Edward 1552-1634 Lord Coke English jurist

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: perhaps from dialect coke, colk core, from Middle English; akin to Swedish kälk pith Date: 1669 the residue of coal left after destructive distillation and used as fuel; also a similar residue left by other materials (as petroleum) distilled to dryness II. verb (coked; coking) Date: 1763 transitive verb to change into coke intransitive verb to become coke or like coke III. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: circa 1903 cocaine

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. propr. Coca-Cola. Etymology: abbr.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a solid substance left after the gases have been extracted from coal. 2 a residue left after the incomplete combustion of petrol etc. --v.tr. convert (coal) into coke. Etymology: prob. f. N.Engl. dial. colk core, of unkn. orig. 2. n. sl. cocaine. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coke Coke, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coke Coke, v. t. To convert into coke.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Coke is a solid black substance that is produced from coal and is burned as a fuel. ...a coke-burning stove. 2. Coke is the same as cocaine. (INFORMAL)

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