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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Meaking

· Meak·ing · IPA
01 n. The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.
  1. 1.
    The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Meaking iron — the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams.