name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #52412)
noun: A wooden dowel.
noun: (nautical) the brass bearing in the sheave of a block
verb: To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
noun: Obsolete spelling of coke (coal fuel) [(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.]