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Calk

//kælk// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
  2. 2
    a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping wordnet
  3. 3
    A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging.

    "Near-synonym: cleat"

  4. 4
    Alternative form of caulk (“a short sleep, nap”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of caulk. alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly

    "When a joint was calked, the bell piece was then separated,"

  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    injure with a calk wordnet
  4. 4
    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.
  5. 5
    seal with caulking wordnet
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  1. 6
    Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 7
    provide with calks wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French calque, ultimately derived from Latin calcō (“I trample”). Doublet of calque.

Etymology 2

Possibly a habitational surname from Calke in Derbyshire, or alternatively an Americanized spelling of German Kalk.

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