calk

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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.

2. 2transitive 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.

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.

8. 8noun

   a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping

   Synonyms

   calkin
9. 9verb

   injure with a calk

10. 10verb

    seal with caulking

    "caulk the window"

    Synonyms

    caulk
11. 11verb

    provide with calks

    "calk horse shoes"