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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..

Roughshod :: Roughshod (a.) Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..

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

Calking :: Calking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cal.

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

Calk :: Calk (n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping..

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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..

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

Cauker :: Cauker (n.) See Cawk, Calker..

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..

Calker :: Calker (n.) One who calks.

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..

Stave :: Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run..

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