oker

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Noun

oker (plural okers)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.

Verb

oker (okers, present participle okering; past and past participle okered)

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.

Noun

oker

1. (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre#English|ochre.

Noun

oker (plural okers)

1. Alternative form of oka#English|oka (“unit of measurement”)
   • 1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece (volumes 1-2, page 296)

     Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]

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