nocake

/ˈnəʊkeɪk/

Etymology

A respelling, probably influenced by cake, of nokehick, nokehike, which derives from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett nokehick or Massachusett nookhik (“nocake”, literally “(that which is) pounded till soft”); the word is related to Abenaki nokhigan (“flour”), and English rokeag and yokeag.

nocake means indian corn parched and pounded into meal (powder), used as food by Native Americans, sometimes mixed with maple sugar. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.

noun

Indian corn parched and pounded into meal (powder), used as food by Native Americans, sometimes mixed with maple sugar.“If their imperious occaſions cauſe them to travell, the beſt of their victuals for their journey is Nocake, (as they call it) which is nothing but Indian Corne parched in the hot aſhes; the aſhes being ſifted from it, it is afterwards beaten to powder, and put into a long leatherne bag, truſſed at their backe like a knapſacke; out of which they take thrice three ſpoonefulls a day, dividing it into”