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Cook in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels cook as verb. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913verb

Cook

[Of imitative origin.]

Cross-verified historical sense

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Cross-verified 1913 record

Headwordcook

Part of speechverb

Historical etymology[Of imitative origin.]

Selected historical definitionTo make the noise of the cuckoo.

Signed record IDwebster1913-cook-verb-078c77e1a05e

Source locatorCIDE.C, paragraph 17191; Gutenberg eBook 661

Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus

Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 661 Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive

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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "cook" is labeled verb. Its etymology is recorded as: "[Of imitative origin.]" The selected historical definition says: "To make the noise of the cuckoo."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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