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“An eke name,” written A noke name. An additional name, an ag-nomen. The “eke” of a beehive is the piece added to the bottom to enlarge the hive. (See Now-A-Days.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.