English to English
calk
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noun (n)
- a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- provide with calks(verb.contact)Example:
Calk horse shoes.
source: wordnet30 - injure with a calk(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.(verb)source: webster1913