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Webster 1913 Edition

Eking

Ek′ing

,
Noun.
[From
Eke
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Shipbuilding)
(a)
A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
(b)
The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
[Written also
eiking
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Eking

E'KING

,
ppr.
Increasing; augmenting; lengthening.

E'KING

,
Noun.
Increase or addition.

Definition 2024

eking

eking

English

Alternative forms

Noun

eking ‎(plural ekings)

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

Etymology 2

From eke.

Verb

eking

  1. present participle of eke

Etymology

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

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