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rawking

rawking is the present participle and gerund of rawk.

Meaning of rawk

Noun

rawk (plural rawks)

  1. (Yorkshire) A thick fog.
    • The rawk o' the hills, and the mist o' the mountains, / Like the reek o'a pot, and the smoke of a kiln, / Draws further off still, while the round sun is counting / His pulses o' light o' the morning so still.a. 1854, Clare, manuscript poems, quoted in 1854, Anne Elizabeth Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, page 163

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What is rawking the present participle and gerund of?
Rawking is the present participle and gerund of rawk.

Words near rawking in the dictionary

  1. rawists
  2. rawk
  3. rawked
  4. rawker
  5. rawkers
  6. rawking
  7. rawks
  8. rawky
  9. Rawl
  10. rawl plug
  11. rawl plugs

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