I. ˈnȯmˌkeg noun
or naumkeag machine or naumkeag scourer
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized N
Etymology: probably from Naumkeag, old name for Salem, Mass., shoe manufacturing city
: a machine having a rubber buffing disk for smoothing the surface of shoe soles or heels before finishing
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
: to buff a shoe bottom (as on a naumkeag machine) prior to the finishing process
transitive verb
: to buff (a shoe bottom) prior to finishing