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nook

nʊk
WordNet
  1. (n) nook
    an interior angle formed by two meeting walls "a piano was in one corner of the room"
  2. (n) nook
    a sheltered and secluded place
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Nook
    A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. "How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook ?"
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) nook
    A corner.
  2. (n) nook
    A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a recess; a secluded retreat.
  3. nook
    To betake one's self to a recess or corner; ensconce one's self.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Nook
    nōōk a corner: a narrow place formed by an angle: a recess: a secluded retreat
Quotations
Robert Browning
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.
Robert Browning
Idioms

Every nook and cranny - If you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. nok,; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gael. and Ir. niuc; Scot. neuk.

Usage in the news

After months of heavy use, we think the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight is still the best e-book reader on the market. mensjournal.com

Barnes & Noble Swings to 2nd-Quarter Profit on Stronger Nook Sales. online.wsj.com

Barnes & Noble Swings to 2nd-Quarter Profit on Stronger Margins, Nook Sales Growth. online.wsj.com

I've always found the Kindle's of limited use, and prefer the Nook 's virtual one for making a note or searching the online store. businessweek.com

The Friends of Jackson County Library are selling raffle tickets for a Nook Tablet. newportindependent.com

59 Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch for Black Friday. pcmag.com

Barnes & Noble provided a glimpse of its Black Friday deals today, offering up discounts on its Nook e-reader and other products. pcmag.com

The Nook Simple Touch e-reader will be available for $59 in stores, down from $99. pcmag.com

Nook HD and Samsung Galaxy Note II. ired.com

This week on the Gadget Lab Show, the team checks out the Nook HD tablet and Samsung Galaxy Note II and has a few goodies to give away to a pair of lucky viewers. ired.com

There are several ways to navigate the Nook HD interface. online.wsj.com

), though I would love to have one of these cozy reading nooks in my house. bhg.com

In a nod to the expanding reach of tablets like iPads, Kindles and Nooks , DC Entertainment says it has begun selling all of its monthly comic book titles through e-stores operated by Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. innipegfreepress.com

For DC, and others, the proliferation of tablets -- iPads, Kindles and Nooks -- means more opportunities to lure new readers, said DC co-publisher and artist Jim Lee. mercurynews.com

DC Comics Now Available on Kindle, iTunes, Nook . hollywoodreporter.com

Usage in scientific papers

In a confined nook and cranny somewhere in the premordial sea, there was a very favorable conditions for the autocatalytic reactions to take place and after a sufficiently long time, the initial homochiral selection was established.
Chirality Selection Models in a Closed System

Usage in literature

The battle had evidently turned at this point and expended its force in another direction, leaving this peaceful nook of nature untouched. "The Downfall" by Emile Zola

She had a poultry-yard, a nook all to herself, where she could breed animals to her heart's content. "Abbe Mouret's Transgression La Faute De L'abbe Mouret" by Emile Zola

They peep out at you from every nook and boulder. "The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2" by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

So I quitted my warm nook with a feeling of regret, though I knew I could return to it in an hour. "The Doctor's Dilemma" by Hesba Stretton

The squire examined every casemate, and every nook and corner upon the island, but without effect. "The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army" by Oliver Optic

From the nook ahead of him in which the enemy had ensconced himself came a sudden rapid rattle of rifle-shots. "And Thus He Came" by Cyrus Townsend Brady

This was our favourite nook. "Grey Roses" by Henry Harland

My mind's eye takes in every nook and corner of that large room. "Memories" by Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers

For them every angle and nook was a temporary haven. "The Master Mystery" by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

He knew every nook and cranny on Squitty Island, every phase and mood and color of the sea. "Poor Man's Rock" by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Usage in poetry
I lay where the winds were seeking
The nooks of the streams they love;
The shadows were slowly shifting
With the great white clouds above.
She shines before me, hope and dream,
So fair, so still, so wise,
That winning her, I seem to won
Out of the dust and drive and din
A nook of Paradise.
O'er the dark rock the dashing brook,
With look of anger, leaps again,
And, hastening to each flowery nook,
Its distant voice is heard far down the glen.
Love, love! your flower of withered dream
In leavèd rhyme lies safe, I deem,
Sheltered and shut in a nook of rhyme,
From the reaper man, and his reaper Time.
Ah me! e'en now, cheer'd in this nook,
Wi' thae sweet young things round my chair,
Methinks I see her artless look;--
Sae ance she smiled wha -- smiles nae mair!
He sought it in the bosom of the hills;
He sought it in the silence of the woods,
Their sunny nooks and shady solitudes;
He sought it in the fountains and the rills.