The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bouk \Bouk\ (b[=oo]k), n. [AS. b[=u]c belly; akin to G. bauch, Icel. b[=u]kr body.]
The body. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.Bulk; volume. [Scot.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK dialectal or obsolete English) The belly. 2 (context UK dialectal English) The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself. 3 (context UK dialectal English) The carcass of a slaughtered animal.
Usage examples of "bouk".
I alloo the sin itsel mayna be jist damnable, but to what bouk mayna it come wi ither and waur sins upo the back o' 't?
The clotted blood, for any leache-craft* *surgical skill Corrupteth and is *in his bouk y-laft* *left in his body* That neither *veine blood nor ventousing*, *blood-letting or cupping* Nor drink of herbes may be his helping.
The clothered blood for any lechecraft Corrupteth, and is in his bouk ylaft, That neither veyne-blood, ne ventusynge, Ne drynke of herbes may ben his helpynge.