naumkeag

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noun

A machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.

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Meanings

naumkeag1

nounnaumkeag (plural naumkeags)

plural naumkeags

  1. historicalA machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.

    Every well appointed shoe factory equips such machines as edge trimmers, heel shavers, rough rounders, naumkeags, bottom, tip and tap scourers and brushes with a hooded metal pipe, into which the leather dust and buffings are drawn as soon as made.

    1912, Insurance Library Association of Boston, Lectures on Fire Insurance
verbnaumkeag (third-person singular simple present naumkeags, present participle naumkeaging, simple past and past participle naumkeaged)

present singular third person naumkeags · participle present naumkeaging · participle past naumkeaged · past naumkeaged

  1. historicalTo smooth the parts of a shoe using this machine.

Naumkeag2

nounNaumkeag (plural Naumkeags or Naumkeag)

plural Naumkeags

  1. historicalA member of a Native American people living near Salem, Massachusetts.

Origin

From the manufacturing company's name, from Naumkeag.

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APA

naumkeag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naumkeag

MLA

“naumkeag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naumkeag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naumkeag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naumkeag.

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