meaking, vbl. n. Naut.
(ˈmiːkɪŋ)
Also 9 meeking.
[? f. meak + -ing1.]
Only in meaking iron: ‘The tool used by caulkers to run old oakum out of the seams before inserting new’ (Smyth 1867).
According to information supplied by Mr. G. Crocker, of H. M. Dockyard, Devonport, the term is now often misapplied to the making-iron (making vbl. n. 10); the first quot. is an example of the erroneous use.
| [1852–4 Cycl. Usef. Arts (ed. Tomlinson 1866) II. 511/1 Two men, one of whom holds..the meeking or making iron to the caulked seam, while the other man drives it in with the beetle.] 1878 D. Kemp Yacht & Boat Sailing 358 Meaking iron, an instrument used to extract old caulking from seams. |