\Gowk\, v. t. [See {Gawk}.]
To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

\Gowk\, n. [See {Gawk}.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.