calk
Calk is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter C and ends with the letter K for which we found 5 definitions.
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| (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. t.) 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. |
| (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. |
| (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. |
| (n.) An instrument with sharp points worn on the sole of a shoe or boot to prevent slipping. |
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