From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eke \Eke\ ([=e]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eked} ([=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Eking}.] [AS. [=e]kan, [=y]kan; akin to OFries.
[=a]ka, OS. [=o]kian, OHG. ouhh[=o]n to add, Icel. auka to
increase, Sw. ["o]ka, Dan. ["o]ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere,
Skr. [=o]jas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English
wax, v. i. Cf. {Augment}, {Nickname}.]
To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with
out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a
laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a
scanty supply of one kind with some other. "To eke my pain."
--Spenser.
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He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty
pounds. --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eking \Ek"ing\, n. [From {Eke}, v. 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}.]
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