calk

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a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
provide with calks
seal with caulking
injure with a calk
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
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
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
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
An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping
To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice
To wound with a calk

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