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

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

Cawker :: Cawker (n.) See Calker.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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.

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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