eke

(noun, verb, adverb)

adverb

1. (obsolete) Also.

noun

1. (obsolete) An addition.

2. (beekeeping, archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.

verb

1. (obsolete except in eke out) To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.