Roke

Alternative forms

• roak, rook, rouk

Origin

From Middle English roke ("fog, vapour, cloud"), probably from Middle Dutch roke, rooc ("smoke"), from Old Dutch rouc ("steam, vapour"), from Proto-Germanic *raukiz ("smoke"), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg- ("to erupt, vomit, burp"), from Proto-Indo-European *rew- ("to roar, growl, grumble"). Cognate with Scots rok, roik, rouk ("mist, fog, cloud"), Dutch rook ("smoke, fog"), German Rauch ("smoke, fume"), Swedish rök ("smoke, fume, steam, reek"), West Frisian reek, riik ("smoke, fume"). More at reek.

Full definition of roke

Noun

1. (UK, dialect) mist; smoke; damp
2. (UK, dialect) A vein of ore.