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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS

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calk

POS

Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun calk has 1 sense

calk(n = noun.artifact) calkin - a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping;

is a kind of cleat

Derived form verb calk₁

Verb calk has 3 senses

calk(v = verb.contact) - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"

Derived form noun calk₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

calk(v = verb.contact) caulk - seal with caulking; "caulk the window"

is one way to seal, seal off

Sample sentence:
They want to calk the doors

calk(v = verb.body) - injure with a calk;

is one way to

injure

wound

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

calk, v. t. [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.].

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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

calk, v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate.].

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. [1913 Webster]

calk, n. [Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur.].

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. [1913 Webster]
An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. [1913 Webster]
same as caulk{2}, n.. [PJC]

calk, v. i.

To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox. [1913 Webster]
To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. [1913 Webster]
same as caulk{2}, v. t.. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

calk, US var. of CAULK.

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ROGET THESAURUS

calk

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.