Meaking

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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