Cokes :: Cokes (n.) A simpleton; a gull; a dupe.

Cowblakes :: Cowblakes (n. pl.) Dried cow dung used as fuel.

Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..

Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..

Dukeship :: Dukeship (n.) The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke..

Greekess :: Greekess (n.) A female Greek.

Jakes :: Jakes (n.) A privy.

Kesar :: Kesar (n.) See Kaiser.

Keslop :: Keslop (n.) The stomach of a calf, prepared for rennet..

Kess :: Kess (v. t.) To kiss.

Kest :: Kest (imp.) of Cast.

Kestrel :: Kestrel (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species..

Makeshift :: Makeshift (n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

Parkesine :: Parkesine (n.) A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile..

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..

Rakeshame :: Rakeshame (n.) A vile, dissolute wretch..

Rakestale :: Rakestale (n.) The handle of a rake.

Sekes :: Sekes (n.) A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.

Shakespearean :: Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works..

Smokestack :: Smokestack (n.) A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc..

Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake..

Spokeshave :: Spoken (a.) Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man..

Spokesman :: Spokesmen (pl. ) of Spokesma.

Spokesmen :: Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work..

Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..

Strokesman :: Strokesman (pl. ) of Strokesma.

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

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