n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. aluminium. ] (Chem.) The name given by
n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. silicon. ] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted by
n. An addition. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Clumsy ekes that may well be spared. Geddes. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. eác; akin to OFries. ák, OS. &unr_;k, D. &unr_;ok, OHG. ouh, G. auch, Icel. auk, Sw. och and, Dan. og, Goth. auk for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb. ] In addition; also; likewise. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
'T will be prodigious hard to prove
That this is eke the throne of love. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Eke serves less to unite than to render prominent a subjoined more important sentence or notion. Mätzner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Ekeberg, a German. ] (Min.) A variety of scapolite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Nickname. ] An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Eke, v. t. ] (Shipbuilding)