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Calkin
(gcide) | Calkin \Calk"in\, n.
A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
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calkin
(gcide) | 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.
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2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a
shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
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3. same as caulk[2], n..
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calkin
(wn) | calkin
n 1: a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent
slipping [syn: calk, calkin] |
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calkins
(encz) | Calkins,Calkins n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
calkins
(czen) | Calkins,Calkinsn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Calkin
(gcide) | Calkin \Calk"in\, n.
A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a
shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
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3. same as caulk[2], n..
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Calking
(gcide) | Calking \Calk"ing\, n.
The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of
furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.
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Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships,
tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
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Their left hand does the calking iron guide.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]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.
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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.
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Calking iron
(gcide) | Calking \Calk"ing\, n.
The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of
furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.
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Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships,
tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
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Their left hand does the calking iron guide.
--Dryden.
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