'Meaking iron' definitions:
Definition of 'Meaking iron'
- 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.
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- Meaking iron (Naut.), the tool with which old oakum is
picked out of a vessel's seams.
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