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n.
A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
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.
imp. &p. p.
of Calk
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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.
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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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Calk
n.
See Calker.
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The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
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A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.
n.
One who calks.
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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.
a.
Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.
n.
A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
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.
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.
v. i.
To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
v. t.
To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
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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.
v. t. & n.
See Calk.
n.
A string of oakum used in calking.
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