The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gowk \Gowk\, v. t. [See Gawk.]
   To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gowk \Gowk\, n. [See Gawk.] (Zool.)
   1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
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   2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
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