Obs. Forms: 6 iuk, 6–7 iouk, 7 iucke. [Origin, form and meaning uncertain.] ? A joint of a bird’s wing.
1575. Turberv., Faulconrie, 106. Giue hir but a little meate … that when she is therewith accustomed, you maye giue hir plumage and a Iuk [ed. 1611 iucke] of a joynt. Ibid., 217. They giue them [sparrowhawks] ioukes [so 1611] of wings of small birdes, & Quailes, when they haue fedde them, skaring them out with their teeth, and plucking away the longest feathers, and so giue it.
