meakn.

Brit.

/miːk/, U.S.

/mik/

Forms: late Middle English meeke, late Middle English meyke, 1500s 1900s– meake, 1600s 1800s meag, 1600s meage, 1600s 1800s– meak, 1700s– make.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mike n.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of mike n.² Compare pea-make n. at pea n.² Compounds 2, pease-meak n. at pease n. Compounds 3 and meaking iron n.

English regional (chiefly East Anglian). Now rare.

An implement with a long handle and crooked iron or blade used to pull up or cut down peas, bracken, reeds, etc. (In quot. 1478 used as a weapon.) Cf. pea-make n. at pea n.² Compounds 2, pease-meak n. at pease n. Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > uprooting tool

meak1478

pease-meak1583

grubber1598

grub-axe1611

dog1727

pea-make1794

hop-dog1796

eradicator1807

stub-dig1837

stub-hoe1858

grub-hoea1884

grub-hook1884

1478 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 50, No. 10^v) Holwell come out with a wepen called a meyke.

1481 Howard Househ. Bks. 20 Sept. (1841) 113 I paid Gravely for vj. meekes.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v A meake for the pease, & to swinge vp the brake.

1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 71 A Meag or Meak, a Pease-hook.

1865 W. White Eastern Eng. I. vii. 100 We..cuts the reeds down as deep as we can with a make, a kind o' short-bladed, long-handled scythe.

1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland 74 Disturbed by meak or crome that drags forth the lamb's-tail.

1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All viii. 88 Much of the technical vocabulary of the pre-tractor farmers of East Anglia have Old English roots: words like..meake (or make, pea-make).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meakv.

Brit.

/miːk/, U.S.

/mik/

Forms: 1800s– meag.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: meak n.

Etymology: < meak n.The following is recorded by Eng. Dial. Dict s.v. make v.² from an informant for east Suffolk: ‘It's time to make my peas up’. For likely confusion with make v.¹, compare quot. a1825 at sense 67 at that entry.

English regional (East Anglian). rare.

intransitive. To cut with a meak.

ΚΠ

1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens xiii. 99 Which are you going to do—meag or mow? Well, we'd better meag, now the water is up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meak
释义	meakn. Brit. /miːk/, U.S. /mik/ Forms: late Middle English meeke, late Middle English meyke, 1500s 1900s– meake, 1600s 1800s meag, 1600s meage, 1600s 1800s– meak, 1700s– make. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mike n.² Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of mike n.² Compare pea-make n. at pea n.² Compounds 2, pease-meak n. at pease n. Compounds 3 and meaking iron n. English regional (chiefly East Anglian). Now rare. An implement with a long handle and crooked iron or blade used to pull up or cut down peas, bracken, reeds, etc. (In quot. 1478 used as a weapon.) Cf. pea-make n. at pea n.² Compounds 2, pease-meak n. at pease n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > uprooting tool meak1478 pease-meak1583 grubber1598 grub-axe1611 dog1727 pea-make1794 hop-dog1796 eradicator1807 stub-dig1837 stub-hoe1858 grub-hoea1884 grub-hook1884 1478 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 50, No. 10^v) Holwell come out with a wepen called a meyke. 1481 Howard Househ. Bks. 20 Sept. (1841) 113 I paid Gravely for vj. meekes. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v A meake for the pease, & to swinge vp the brake. 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 71 A Meag or Meak, a Pease-hook. 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. I. vii. 100 We..cuts the reeds down as deep as we can with a make, a kind o' short-bladed, long-handled scythe. 1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland 74 Disturbed by meak or crome that drags forth the lamb's-tail. 1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All viii. 88 Much of the technical vocabulary of the pre-tractor farmers of East Anglia have Old English roots: words like..meake (or make, pea-make). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meakv. Brit. /miːk/, U.S. /mik/ Forms: 1800s– meag. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: meak n. Etymology: < meak n.The following is recorded by Eng. Dial. Dict s.v. make v.² from an informant for east Suffolk: ‘It's time to make my peas up’. For likely confusion with make v.¹, compare quot. a1825 at sense 67 at that entry. English regional (East Anglian). rare. intransitive. To cut with a meak. ΚΠ 1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens xiii. 99 Which are you going to do—meag or mow? Well, we'd better meag, now the water is up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1478v.1892
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