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Meaking

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meaking \Meak"ing\, n. [See {Meak}.] (Naut.)
   The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a
   vessel which is to be recalked.

   {Meaking iron} (Naut.), the tool with which old oakum is
      picked out of a vessel's seams.
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