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Definition of Calked
1. calk [v] - See also: calk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calked
Literary usage of Calked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Construction Equipment: Its Cost and Use by Richard Turner Dana (1921)
"One cap and one regular pipe joint were calked by pneumatic tools and one ...
The joints calked by the pneumatic tool contained an average of 120 Ib. each ..."
2. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"A ship-load of powder had already arrived from Rendsburg. and ;i number of large
casks stood ready well calked and pitched. in order to be provisionally ..."
3. Petroleum Production Methods by John R. Suman (1921)
"All edges to be calked shall be beveled by planing. 11 seams must be thoroughly
calked with a round-nosed pneumatic liking tool. The shell of the tank shall ..."
4. Elements of Machine Design, Notes and Plates, for the Use of Students in by Joseph Frederic Klein (1904)
"The heaviest style of such tools give the best satisfaction, as it is not light
blows but heavy ones Boiler tube rolled in place and calked. which give the ..."
5. Shield and Compressed Air Tunneling by Bertram Henry Majendie Hewett, Sigvald Johannesson (1922)
"If leakage is found after calking the joint shall be re-calked, the lead being
removed and renewed if required." 198. Example, Pennsylvania Railroad ..."
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