The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Meaking \Meak"ing\, n. [See Meak.] (Naut.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked. [1913 Webster] Meaking iron (Naut.), the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's seams. [1913 Webster]