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Calked

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.

📖 Definitions of "Calked"

verb
  1. 1

    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.

verb
  1. 1

    To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.

  2. 2

    To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

  3. 3

    Fuck

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