Definition of calk

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

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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..
Flake :: Flake (n.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc..
Roughshod :: Roughshod (a.) Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse..
Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..
Cauker :: Cauker (n.) See Cawk, Calker..
Caulk :: Caulk (v. t. & n.) See Calk.
Keeler :: Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc..
Cawker :: Cawker (n.) See Calker.
Calkin :: Calkin (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1..
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..
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..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held..
Calking :: Calking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cal.
Calker :: Calker (n.) One who calks.
Calk :: Calk (n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping..
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..
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.
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..
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..
Calked :: Calked (imp. &p. p.) of Cal.
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