Ekeing

Making good a deficiency in the length of any piece by scarphing or butting, as at the end of deck-hooks, cheeks or knees. The ekeing at the lower part of the supporter under the cathead is only to continue the shape and fashion of that part, being of no other service. We make this remark because if the supporter were stopped short without an ekeing it would be the better, as it causes the side to rot; and it commonly appears fair to the eye in but one direction. The ekeing is also the piece of carved work under the lower part of the quarter-piece at the aft-part of the quarter gallery.