Defn: 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 [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.
COKE
Coke, v. t.
Defn: To convert into coke.
COKENAY
Coke"nay, n.
Defn: A cockney. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COKERNUT
Co"ker*nut`, n. (Com.)
Defn: The cocoanut.
Note: A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner.
COKES
Cokes, n. Etym: [OE. Cf. Coax.]
Defn: A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.