meeker

Etymology 1

adj

  1. comparative form of meek: more meek

Etymology 2

From the brand name of a harrow maker.

verb

  1. (agriculture) To break up and smooth soil with a harrow.
    After the field has been meekered it looks like it had been gone over with a garden rake, all clods having been cut or crushed and as level as a floor. 1918, Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, page 333
    I did not think it was necessary for all of you realize that your ground should be plowed, disked, harrowed, and meekered for a good seed bed. 1943, Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting
    The area was plowed on May 10, 1977, disked on May 15 and meekered and harrowed on May 23 and 27. 1978, Ezuddin Sultan Mohammed, Early competition between redroot pigweed and tomato, page 51

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