See Also: huke(dictionary)

ingest (oh) and huke (iou)


ingest (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of ingerere, from gerere 'to carry']
to take Food or Other substances into your body
-see also digest digest
-- ingestion /In5dVestFEn/ n [U]
-see also digest 1 (1)

huke (iou)



huke noun. [hju:k] obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[Old French h(e)uque, in medieval Latin huca, corresp. to Middle Dutch huke, heuke (Dutch huik), Middle Low German hoike, etc.: ult. origin unkn.]
A kind of hooded cloak; later, a tight-fitting garment worn chiefly by women.