Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eiking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eiking \Eik"ing\, n. (Naut.)
See {Eking}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eking \Ek"ing\, n. [From {Eke}, v. t.] (Shipbuilding)
(a) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency
in length.
(b) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part
of the quarter gallery. [Written also {eiking}.]
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