roky

English

Etymology

From roke +‎ -y.

Adjective

roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)

1. (UK, dialect) Misty; foggy; cloudy.

   Synonym: rawky

   • 1866, John Greaves Nall, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft: A Handbook for Visitors and Residents; with Chapters on the Archaeology, Natural History, &c., of the District; a History, with Statistics, of the East Coast Herring Fishery, and an Etymological and Comparative Glossary of the Dialect of East Anglia, page 636:

     they slaver men sayne - Lyke a roky rayne. - Skelton.

   • 1896, Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine, and Other Idylls of the King, page 189:

     He […] in a roky hollow, belling, etc. Roky (associated with reek) means misty, foggy.

   • 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner, published 1999, →ISBN, page 40:

     They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.

2. Exhibiting roke (a defect in steel ingots).
   • 1877, Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, page 469:

     […] scaly, and frightfully roky bar.

   • 1942, Eric N. Simons, Edwin Gregory, Steel Manufacture Simply Explained:

     then elongate and “open-out,” producing “roky” billets and blooms. When the cracks are from top to bottom, i.e. longitudinal, it is usually because cooling, after the ingot has been taken out of the mould, has been uneven.

References

• 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used
• “roky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kory, York, york

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrokɪ]

Noun

roky

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rok

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔki/, [ˈrɔki]
• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Hyphenation: ro‧ky

Noun

roky

1. nominative/accusative plural of rok