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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), verb (used without an object)
1. To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
2. To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.
3. same as {caulk[2]}, verb (used with an object). [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Calked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Calking}.] [Either corrupted fr. F. calfater (cf. Pg. calafetar, Sp. calafetear), fr. Ar. qalafa to fill up crevices with the fibers of palm tree or moss; or fr. OE. cauken to tred, through the French fr. L. calcare, fr. calx heel. Cf. {Calk} to copy, Inculcate.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), verb (used with an object) [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. {Calcarate}.] 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. [Written also {calque}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), noun [Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur.]
1. 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}.
2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
3. same as {caulk[2]}, noun. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Caulk \Caulk\, noun
1. See {Calk}.
2. a viscous semisolid material of varying composition used to fill in seams of objects which are exposed to water, such as wooden ships or bath tiles; -- called also {calk} and {caulking}. After applying in a semisolid form, the material hardens and dries to form a waterproof seal. It is used in the process of caulking. It is sometimes applied together with a rope-like cord to fill larger seams. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
calk
noun: a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping [syn: {calkin}]
verb
1: provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"
2: seal with caulking; "caulk the window" [syn: {caulk}]
3: injure with a calk
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