Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Coak

Coak (kōk) , noun

See Coke, n.

Coak , noun

1.
(Carpentry) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.
2.
A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Coak , transitive verb

(Carpentry) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces. — Totten