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A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak. The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. Tusser.

f their loves." Shak. To you th' inheritance belongs by right Of brother's praise; to you eke Spenser.

In. [Obs.] And eke in what array that they were inne. Chaucer.

A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, or Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also Jacobean.]

To look steadfastly; to gaze. [Obs.] [Written also kike, keke.] This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright, As he had kyked on the newe moon. Chaucer.

A melody; any musical utterance. The throstle cock made eke his lay. Chaucer.

A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. Shak.

A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek. xlv. 12.

tice; to observe critically; to note; to remark. Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh maschief. 1 Kings xx. 7.

A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). [Obs.] Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.

A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.…

parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. Addison.…

egative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Ac…

ke] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. Chaucer.

One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant. [R.] Fuller.

A pleasure seeker. Dickens.

ng forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] Shak.

One who seeks; a seeker. [Obs.]

A seeker; a pursuer. [Obs.] "Hot questrists after him." Shak.