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eking

The English word “eking” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act or process of adding.
  2. That which is added.
  3. A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.

Etymology

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

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