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Eking

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of adding.
  2. 2
    That which is added.
  3. 3
    A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of eke form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English *eking, *eching, deverbal of eken (“to increase, add”), equivalent to eke + -ing. More at eke.

Etymology 2

From eke.

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