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meak

meak noun: a hook with a long handle; scythe.

Noun

meak (plural meaks)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A hook with a long handle; scythe.
    • A meak for the pease , and to swinge up the brake1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...

Forms of meak

pluralmeaks

Origin of meak

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

Words that rhyme with meak

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Questions about meak

What does meak mean?
Meak means a hook with a long handle; scythe.
What part of speech is meak?
Meak is a noun.
What is the plural of meak?
The plural of meak is meaks.

Words near meak in the dictionary

  1. meagres
  2. meagrest
  3. meagring
  4. meagrom
  5. meagroms
  6. meak
  7. Meakin
  8. meaking iron
  9. meaking irons
  10. Meakins
  11. meaks

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