English-Thai Dictionary
calk
VT อุดรู หรือ รอยต่อ ใน เรือ เพื่อ กันน้ำ เข้า caulk aut-ru-rue-roi-tor-nai-ruea-phuea-kan-nam-khaol
calker
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CALK
v.t.cauk. 1. To drive oakum or old ropes untwised, into the seams of a ship or other vessel, to prevent their leaking, or admitting water. After the seams are filled, they are covered with hot melted pitch or rosin, to keep the oakum from rotting.
2. In some parts of America, to set upon a horse or ox shoes armed with sharp points of iron, to prevent their slipping on ice; that is, to stop from slipping.
CALK
n.Cauk. In New-England, a sharp pointed piece of iron on a shoe for a horse or an ox, called in Great Britain calking; used to prevent the animal from slipping.
CALKER
n.Cauker. A man who calks; sometimes perhaps a calk or pointed iron on a house-shoe.
CALKED
pp. Cauked. Having the seams stopped; furnished with shoes with iron points.
CALKIN
n.A calk.
CALKING
n.Cauking. In painting, the covering of the back side of a design with black lead, or red chalk, and tracing lines through on a waxed plate or wall or other matter, by passing lightly over each stroke of the design with a point, which leaves an impression of the color on the plate or wall.
CALKING-IRON
n.Cauking-iron. An instrument like a chisel, used in calking ships.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALK
Calk, v. t. [imp. &p. p. Calked; p. pr. & vb. n. Calking. ] Etym: [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. ]
1. 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. 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
Calk, v. t. Etym: [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate. ]
Defn: 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. [Writting also calque ]
CALK
Calk, n. Etym: [Cf. AS calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, hel, cälcar,spur. ]
1. A sharp-pointed piece or iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a nore or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin.
2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
CALK
CALK Calk, v. i.
1. To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
2. To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.
CALKER
CALKER Calk "er, n.
1. One who calks.
2. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
CALKIN
CALKIN Calk "in, n.
Defn: A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
CALKING
CALKING Calk "ing, n.
Defn: The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing. Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc. Their left hand does the calking iron guide. Dryden.
New American Oxford Dictionary
calk
calk ▶noun & verb variant spelling of caulk.
Oxford Dictionary
calk
calk ▶noun & verb US spelling of caulk.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
calk
calk 1 /kɔːk /動詞 名詞 =caulk .
calk
calk 2 名詞 C (蹄鉄 (ていてつ )などの )すべり止めのくぎ [突起物 ].動詞 他動詞 …にすべり止めのくぎを付ける ; …をすべり止めで傷つける .