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CIDE DICTIONARY

calking

CIDE DICTIONARY

calkingn. 
     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]
    "Their left hand does the calking iron guide."  [1913 Webster]
Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.

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