calking
嵌缝; 堵缝; 捻口
嵌缝; 堵缝; 捻口
Calking \
Calk "
ing \,
n .
The act or process of making seems tight ,
as in ships ,
or of furnishing with calks ,
as a shoe ,
or copying ,
as a drawing .
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{
Calking iron },
a tool like a chisel ,
used in calking ships ,
tightening seams in ironwork ,
etc .
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Their left hand does the calking iron guide .
--
Dryden .
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Calk \
Calk \ (
k [
add ]
k ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Calked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Calking }.] [
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 .
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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 .
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