[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

   calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships,
      tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
      1913 webster

            their left hand does the calking iron guide.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
calking iron 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

calk \calk\ kaddk, 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
calked calking calk 

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