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Definition of calk

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Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..

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Calk :: Calk (v. i.) To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox..

Cawker :: Cawker (n.) See Calker.

Calker :: Calker (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1..

Calked :: Calked (imp. &p. p.) of Cal.

Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

Making-iron :: Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in..

Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Reem :: Reem (v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Calkin :: Calkin (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1..

Calk :: Calk (v. i.) To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..

Calque :: Calque (v. t.) See 2d Calk, v. t..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Calking :: Calking (n.) The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing..

Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A string of oakum used in calking.

Keeler :: Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc..

Calk :: Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin..

Flake :: Flake (n.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..