Meaning of Nook | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
3. A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
4. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
5. A recess, cove or hollow.
6. An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
   historical
7. A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
   Northern-England, archaic
8. The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
   vulgar

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Examples

“There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.”

“The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.”

“All right. Well, uh, glad to be here in this cozy nook.”

“Ar. Safely in harbour / Is the Kings ſhippe, in the deepe Nooke, where once / Thou calldſt me vp at midnight to fetch dewe / From the ſtill-vext Bermoothes, there ſhe's hid; [...]”

“You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.”

“Nook, an old legal term for 12+¹⁄₂ acres of land; still in use at Alston.”

“They poured their wine by the aume or the fust, and cut their cloth by the goad—not to be confused with the gawd, which was a measure of steel. Their nook was not cosy; it covered 20 acres.”

“The ancient bounds of the cow paſture of Penrith, [...] and then from the ſaid Old Dyke end, alongſt Plumpton Dyke Eaſt over Petterel unto Plumpton park nuke, otherwiſe called Plumpton nuke; [...]”

“The bounder beginneth at the east nuke of the Carter, and from thence extendeth eastward upon the height of the edge to Robscleugh Score, and from thence to Phillip's cross, so to the Spittopnuke, from thence to Greenlaw, so to the height of the Brown Hartlaw, and from thence along the high street to the nuke of the Blakelaw, and from thence to Hemmier's Well, where Ridsdale and Cookdale meet, all wᵉʰ is a bounder against Scotland.”

“i NEEEEEEEED A NICE BIG HIGH8LOODED 8ULGE UP MY NOOK THIS SECOND!”

“Vriska is too trashy to shave her nook.”

“the vriska i roleplay specifically just has a nook because i like drawin vaginas.”

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