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meak

noun

A hook with a long handle; scythe.

OriginMiddle English meeke ← Old Norse mækir ← Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz →

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Meanings

nounmeak (plural meaks)

plural meaks

dialectalobsoleteA hook with a long handle; scythe.
A meak for the pease , and to swinge up the brake
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC

Origin

Proto-Germanic*mēkijaz
Old Norsemækir“sword”
Middle Englishmeeke
Englishmeak

From Middle English meeke, probably from Old Norse mækir (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Icelandic mækir, Old English mēċe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with meak

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Anagrams

make kame Meka Maek Keam

Cite this entry

APA

meak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meak

MLA

“meak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meak.

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