Which spelling is it?

“Boak”.

As in, “Jeeezus! That wid gie ye the boak!”

I think you need a Scottish fellow to answer properly, I’m aware of the word, but here we say gip, with a hard G.

I tend towards “Boak” although, if i suddenly come across something, i may accidentally “Boke” instead of “Boak”

The Dictionary of the Scots language lists the following variants:

BOCK, BOKE, Bok, Bokk, Boak, bukk, Book

Had a woman today who gave me the proper dry boak. Coughing bits of lung up and all sorts.

“Had”?

‘The Original Patter’ lists both.

Aye, had. Whichever definition of the word you choose to use.

west cost of scotland accents would shorten it to boke, east coast accents would more likely be boak.

it’d gi me the dry boke

Boak

+1 for Boak.

What about bawk?

Bokeh.

Hmmm not sure, one of my friends from Belfast uses that word a lot – i’ll enquire!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boak

Urban Dictionary says ‘Boak’ so it must be true…. 😀

Or you could go here… http://www.boakesfuneralhome.com/

Boak.

As in Tracey Emins face.

Bokeh or bukkake

You’re confusing background and foreground there.

Boke.

Ref: Munro, M. in ‘The Complete Patter’, Edinburgh, Birlinn, 2006, pp 22-23.

westcoast and across to us in norn irn it’s got to be BOKE

boak

Had a woman today who gave me the proper dry boak. Coughing bits of lung up and all sorts.

My favourites are the coconut with liquorice centres.

boak!