Eke

Quick meaning: Eke is a noun meaning (beekeeping, archaic) A small stand on which a beehive is placed.

Meaning

(beekeeping, archaic) A small stand on which a beehive is placed.

More Meanings

1. (beekeeping) A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space.
2. (transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
3. (obsolete except British, dialectal) An addition.
4. (archaic) Also; in addition to.

Example Sentences

All ekes [or helps] as the geni-wren said, when she piss'd in the sea. / Many littles make a mickle, the whole ocean is made up of drops.

Is not enough, that thruſt from heauen dew / Here endleſſe penaunce for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeaunce new / Thou biddeſt me to eeke?

Now the reaſons why they teach the calves to drink ſo ſoon are various. […] Secondly, the goodwife ſaves milk by this way of drinking, for ſhe quickly ekes out the milk with pottage, &c.

It must be acknowledged, that Mr. [William] Gifford's versification is sometimes unharmonious, and even harsh; that, like almost every other translator, he too often has recourse to eking words in order to complete his measure, and that his rhymes are frequently imperfect and faulty.

Word Forms

• ekes
• ekeing
• eked
• ekest
• ekedst
• eketh

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