Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of adding.
- n. That which is added. Specifically— A piece of wood fitted to make good a deficiency in length, as the end of a knee of a ship and the like.
- n. The carved work under the lower part of the quarterpiece of a ship at the aft part of the quarter-gallery. Also eke.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
- n. The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
Examples
“Washington turned the ball over three times in eking out a 20-17 victory, on a late field goal by Chip Lohmiller.”
The Washington Post: Sitting in the stands, waiting for Green Bay
“After spending the last seven seasons with Kansas City, Wiegmann signed on with the Broncos with the idea of eking out another year in the league as”
“e 1 _ .. in l 'l l their brow-ridges mster; su a e shuddered at the idea of eking out a living with so few stces to use to challenge nature.”
A different flesh
“The first great migration that she took part in, was a migration of Southern rural blacks, who were living in the hills of the South, kind of eking out an existence as small farmers, into the sharecropper system, which existed on big plantations.”
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America
“In previous years, Arsenal were known as a dour, if effective, outfit, masters at eking out a 1-0 victory.”
The Guardian: Arsène Wenger: the blinkered visionary | Observer profile
“Noah Wyle something of a Spielberg TV good luck charm after his years on ER heads a pretty solid cast of puny Earth creatures eking out a living some four months after our planet was swiftly invaded and conquered.”
“The movie centers on an undocumented landscaper eking out a living for him and his American-born son, a teenager disillusioned with his dad and his own prospects for adulthood.”
“Greece has had trouble for years eking money out of its government land holdings.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale
“The American story includes the narratives of those shadowy figures that hover at the periphery of mainstream life, eking out what they can from the margins, getting by while hiding out and hoping for a better day, if not for themselves, then for their children.”
The Huffington Post: Tony Phillips: Maple Wars: America Home to Millions of Undocumented Canadians
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