calk – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
calk
v.
put on calks (part on a horseshoe that prevents slipping)
n.
part on a horseshoe that prevents slipping
Calk
Calk may refer to:
- Caulkin, a blunt projection on a horseshoe
- Calk, Kentucky, a community in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States
calk
Noun
1. a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
(synonym) calkin
(hypernym) cleat
Verb
1. provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) calkin
(classification) animal husbandry
2. seal with caulking; "caulk the window"
(synonym) caulk
(hypernym) seal, seal off
3. injure with a calk
(hypernym) injure, wound
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.
(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 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.
(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.
(v. i.)
To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
(n.)
An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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