calk | English to English Dictionary

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calk

(k/O/k )

a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
calkin

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

provide with calks(verb.contact)

Example:
Calk horse shoes.

source: wordnet30
seal with caulking(verb.contact)

Synonym:
caulk

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

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