Meaking

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(thing) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:05:41

Meak"ing, n. [See Meak.] Naut.

The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

Meaking-iron Naut., the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams.

 

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