Nook

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.

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

2. isim A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.

   “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.”

3. isim A recess, cove or hollow.

   “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; [...]”

4. isim An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.

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

5. isim A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.

   “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; [...]”

6. isim The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.

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

7. fiil To withdraw into a nook.

   “Mrs. Fluent was nooked with their hostess in the corner of another, a retiring woman, remarkably pretty withal, as your ministers' wives generally are, and no wonder, since the ministers, if at all popular, usually have their pick among the young lambs — we mean the young ladies — of their flocks.”

8. fiil To situate in a nook.

   “Stairs descended to larders, pantries were cleverly nooked into alcoves, and beyond the open windows sprawled lush gardens.”

9. özel isim A surname.
10. özel isim A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.