calk
IPA: kˈɔk
noun
- A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
- A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging
- A surname from German.
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.
verb
- 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.
- To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
- (possibly dated) Alternative spelling of caulk [(nautical) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.]
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