How many syllables in Calk
Word
Calk
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1 Syllable
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calk
Definition
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe
or boot, to prevent slipping.
- v. i. - To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to
calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
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