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Definition of Eking
1. n. A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
Definition of Eking
1. Noun. The act or process of adding. ¹
2. Noun. That which is added. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical obsolete) A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of eke) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eking
1. eke [v] - See also: eke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eking
Literary usage of Eking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Bates, Miss, in Jane Austen's novel, Emma (1815), a worthy old maid, happy in
eking out a narrow income ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Gymp. Maid to Lady Minikin in GAR- RICK'S • Bon Ton ' (?.«.). Gyp. Servant to
Bin eking t on in MON- ..."
3. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch (1907)
"... regularly: "through many unforeseen accidents it was not published monthly."
Robe had determined not to use mere padding in eking out his pages. ..."
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