Calk ¹

Definition: 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.

Calk ²

Definition: 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.

Calk ³

Definition: 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.

Calk ⁴

Definition: 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.

Calk ⁵

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

Calk ⁶

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

Calk ⁷

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

calk ⁸

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

calk ⁹

Definition: injure with a calk

calk ¹⁰

Definition: seal with caulking; "caulk the window"

calk ¹¹

Definition: provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"