calk horse shoes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The calk of the iron shoe was left sticking in the barn door. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
In the mean time toe protection in the form of a calk had spread from the colder north over southern Germany; whereas this north. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
One calk, not lefs then 15 hundred weight, half's: load. From Wordnik.com. [The London adviser and guide: containing every instruction and information ...] Reference
I'd be sure to calk a hoss or split a runner, or somethin '. From Wordnik.com. [Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know] Reference
The Scripture calk our Lord the Sun #/Rightemfkefs, by allufiontothe. From Wordnik.com. [The Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies: Proving that the Papacy is ...] Reference
Then it was decided to take part of the cargo out and calk her topsides. From Wordnik.com. [Youth, a Narrative] Reference
As she rose to take the jump the inner calk of the right fore shoe caught. From Wordnik.com. [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference
The more I calk up the sources, and the tighter I get, the more I leak wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It] Reference
Laughs inly at his guefts, thus cntcrtain'd With foreign vintage from his cyder calk. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets] Reference
The process of whitening garments was performed by rubbing into them calk or earth of some kind. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
"We'll calk her at low tide," George declared, well satisfied at this outcome of the misadventure. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Horde] Reference
We must try and calk up some of the open seams; but first we've got to get the water out of her. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Associate Hermits] Reference
To calk the seams, the men had to climb thousands of feet to get resin from some stunted pine tree. From Wordnik.com. [Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year] Reference
Note the elevation of the short toe by means of a toe calk and the projection of the toe beyond the shoe. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
However, in the mean time it had transpired that the men employed to calk the raft had found that the leak was not. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03] Reference
After learning how to calk, I sought my own employment, made my own contracts, and collected the money which I earned. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass] Reference
We became very diligent in getting in our night wood, and in gathering more boughs to calk up the openings in the hut. From Wordnik.com. [In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs] Reference
Soon after going there he was hired to Mr. William Gardner, a ship builder, for the purpose of learning to calk vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings] Reference
They make honey from this tree; also oakum with which to calk ships, which lasts in the water, when that from here would rot. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.] Reference
I was placed there to learn to calk, a trade of which I already had some knowledge, gained while in Mr. Hugh Auld's ship-yard. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the Underground Railroad; His Relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid; His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission--Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston] Reference
There can be grouped in the class of infectious affections such conditions as nail pricks, calk wounds and canker. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Muldoon always calk you that. From Wordnik.com. [Dead As A Doornail]
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.