Or, on the same branch, may be turned up a calkin of sufficient height for the purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Treads, too, especially with the calkin of the hind-shoe, are especially apt to end in this way. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
This suggests at once that a preventive is to be found in substituting a calkin that is low and square. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
When occurring from the latter, it is seen more often than not in the hind-foot, being there caused by the calkin of the opposite foot. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
This condition is commonly the result of a severe and jagged tread with the calkin, and takes the form of an ulcerous and excessively granulating wound. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
More often than not it is met with in the feet of heavy draught animals, and is there caused by the calkin, either when being violently backed or suddenly turned round. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Among the latter we may mention treads from other animals, and treads inflicted by the animal himself with the calkin of an opposite shoe, or the repeated injury occasioned by the shafts being carelessly allowed to drop on to the foot. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Among the former I behold the "catalpa," with its silvery bark and trumpet-shaped blossoms; the "Osage orange," with its dark shining leaves; and the red mulberry, with thick shady foliage, and long crimson calkin-like fruits. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
For what is the use o 'calkin'. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)] Reference
You never seen such a surprised crowd enyw'ere; they all thot it was his gost till he 'xplayned that it warn't him wot fell outer bed a tail He sed he know'd he was purty late gettin' down town, but they must 'xcuse him, cos he was kep up purty late, calkin' up a cask of "Western Union. From Wordnik.com. [The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885] Reference
MefatcuB,. a ftatue of Bacchut fo calkin ii. From Wordnik.com. [The Description of Greece] Reference
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