Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Oke

Oke (ōk) , noun

[Turkish okkah, from Arabic ūkīyah, wakīyah, prob. from Greek o'yggi`a, o'ygki`a, an ounce, from Latin uncia. Compare Ounce a weight.]

1.
A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2¾ pounds.
2.
An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2½ pints.