meak

English

Etymology

From Middle English meeke, probably from Old Norse mækir (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Icelandic mækir, Old English mēċe.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

meak (plural meaks)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) A hook with a long handle; scythe.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for meak in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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