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 ]

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. [ Written also calque ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as caulk{ 2 }, n.. [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as caulk{ 2 }, v. t.. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who calks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]