Definition of eking

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Eking (v. t.) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.

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Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (a.) Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
Eking :: Eking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ek.
Extroitive :: Extroitive (a.) Seeking or going out after external objects.
Thoughtful :: Thoughtful (a.) Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth..
Shrieking :: Shrieking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrie.
Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand..
Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).
Eking :: Eking (v. t.) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
Nocturnal :: Nocturnal (a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects..
Screaming :: Screaming (a.) Uttering screams; shrieking.
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
Resort :: Resort (v.) The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force..
Quest :: Quest (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc..
Seeking :: Seeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of See.
Find :: Find (v. t.) To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost..
Berrying :: Berrying (n.) A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild..
Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Knocker :: Knocker (n.) One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance..
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