Definition of calk Calk

/kɔˈk/ - [kok] - calk

We found 15 definitions of calk from 5 different sources.

What does calk mean?

Noun Plural: calks
calk - a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
		calkin
		cleat a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
Verb calks, calking, calked
calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"
		furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
		animal husbandry breeding and caring for farm animals
calk - injure with a calk
		wound, injure cause injuries or bodily harm to
calk - seal with caulking; "caulk the window"
		caulk
		seal off, seal decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"

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calk (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.
calk (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.
calk (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.
calk (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.
calk (n.)
An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
calk (v. i.)
To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
calk (v. i.)
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
kawk, n. a pointed piece of iron on a horse-shoe to prevent slipping—also Calk′in and Calk′er.—v.t. to provide a shoe with a calk. [L. calc-em, calx, a heel.]
calk
Calque, kawk, v.t. to chalk, as the back of a drawing, &c., in order to transfer it, to copy by tracing.—n. Calk′ing, the copying of a picture by means of tracing