naumkeag
naumkeag noun: a machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.
Noun (1)
naumkeag (plural naumkeags)
- A machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.
- Every well appointed shoe factory equips such machines as edge trimmers, heel shavers, rough rounders, naumkeags, bottom, tip and tap scourers and brushes with a hooded metal pipe, into which the leather dust and buffings are drawn as soon as made.1912, Insurance Library Association of Boston, Lectures on Fire Insurance
Verb
naumkeag (third-person singular simple present naumkeags, present participle naumkeaging, simple past and past participle naumkeaged)
- To smooth the parts of a shoe using this machine.
Noun (2) capitalized: Naumkeag
Naumkeag (plural Naumkeags or Naumkeag)
- A member of a Native American people living near Salem, Massachusetts.
Forms of naumkeag
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | naumkeags |
| plural | Naumkeags |
| plural | Naumkeag |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | naumkeags |
| present participle | naumkeaging |
| past participle | naumkeaged |
| past | naumkeaged |
Origin of naumkeag
From the manufacturing company's name, from Naumkeag.
Words formed from naumkeag
Questions about naumkeag
- What does naumkeag mean?
- Naumkeag means a machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.
- What part of speech is naumkeag?
- Naumkeag can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of naumkeag?
- The plural of naumkeag is naumkeags.
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