meeker

meeker

1. comparative form of meek: more meek

From the brand name of a harrow maker.

meeker (third-person singular simple present meekers, present participle meekering, simple past and past participle meekered)

1. (agriculture) To break up and smooth soil with a harrow.
   • 1918, Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, page 333:

     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.

   • 1943, Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting:

     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.

   • 1978, Ezuddin Sultan Mohammed, Early competition between redroot pigweed and tomato, page 51:

     The area was plowed on May 10, 1977, disked on May 15 and meekered and harrowed on May 23 and 27.