noun, verb — 7 senses
A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging.
Alternative Alternative form of caulk (“a short sleep, nap”).
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.
Alternative Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”).
/kælk/
Etymology From French calque, ultimately derived from Latin calcō (“to trample”). Doublet of calque.
To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
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