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Calking
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 "Calking"
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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.
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To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
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To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
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A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
"Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships."
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