Definition of coaks:
(n) :
A wooden dowel.
(v) :
To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
(n) :
(nautical) The brass bearing in the sheave of a block.
(n) :
Obsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”). [(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.]