Eke

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv In addition; also; likewise.

II. Eke ·noun An Addition.

III. Eke ·vt To Increase; to add to; to Augment;

— now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.

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