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▪ I. beaking, vbl. n.|ˈbiːkɪŋ|
[f. beak v.1]
The action of striking or seizing with the beak.
1706Phillips, Beaking (a term in Cock-fighting), the fighting of those Birds with their Bills; or their holding with the Bill, and striking with the Heels. 1819Rees Encycl., Beaking in Cock-fighting.
▪ II. beaking, ppl. a.|ˈbiːkɪŋ|
[f. beak v.1 + -ing2.]
Forming, projecting like, or furnished with, a beak. beaking joint: that formed by the meeting of several heading-joints in one continuous line; the opposite of breaking joint.
1667Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 150 The ends may all lye in a straight Line, that the straight ends of other Boards laid against them may make the truer Joint, and this they call a Beaking Joint. 1687Holme Armory ii. iii. 48 The Daubil..of some called a Beaking Glomaine..is a long Apple, having a Beak or Hook, by which it hangs to the stalk. |