[Obs.]
Shak.||Ca"lix (kā"l&ibreve;ks), n.
[L.] A cup. See Calyx.
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.
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.
Calk (kălk), v. t. [E.
calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample,
fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf.
Calcarate.] 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.
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