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Definition of Calk
Calk Calk Calk (k[a^]lk), v. t. [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]
Calk Calk Calk (k[add]k), n. [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.
Calk Calk Calk (k[add]k), v. t. [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.
Calk Calk Calk (k[add]k), v. i.
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.
