eke (ek)

[ Neighbour defines eke as half a hive placed below the main hive, while a whole hive used in the same way is called a "nadir." Phin, Dict. Apiculture, p. 31. (b) Same as eking , 2. eke (ek), adv. and conj. [ The emperour & eek sibile spoken prophesie, And the i acordiden bot he in feere. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 45. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 21. Up Una rose, up rose the lyon eke . A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. Cowper , John Gilpin.