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Definition of oaken:
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The windows were securely grated with iron bars, and the whole building was rendered secure by heavy oaken doors.
- "In and Out of Rebel Prisons", Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper. -
For in an age when books were few,- so few, so precious, that they were often chained to their oaken shelves with iron chains, like galley- slaves to their benches, these men, with their laborious hands, copied upon parchment all the lore and wisdom of the past, and transmitted it to us.
- "Hyperion", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. -
" It is evident the child belonged to a rich and distinguished family," he added, while Katrina replaced the babe's outfit in the oaken chest.
- "The Waif of the "Cynthia"", André Laurie and Jules Verne.