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Definition of Calkin
1. Noun. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
Definition of Calkin
1. n. A calk on a shoe. See Calk,
Definition of Calkin
1. a gripping projection on a horseshoe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calkin
Literary usage of Calkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1899)
"A History of the Dominion of Canada, by John B. calkin, Principal of the Normal
... Mr. calkin avoids the error of giving undue space to the French period. ..."
2. The United States Vs. Andres Castillero: New Almaden : Transcript of the Record by Andrés Castillero (1861)
"My name is Milo calkin; my age is fifty years, and I reside in San Francisco. Q.
2. Did you ever reside in the Sandwich Islands; if yea, state during what ..."
3. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"... be agreeable to the calkin, that is, as high in a manner as the calkin, which
is to keep the horie fiom Hiding; but then it muft not be (harp-pointed, ..."
4. Congregational Church Hymnal by George Slatyer Barrett, Josiah Booth (1887)
"J. BAPTISTE calkin. 1 WHO is worthy . to | open the | book ... G- luo. j ,„> J.
BAPTISTE calkin. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Wills and Codicils by William Roberts (1815)
"calkin, r. TOMKINSON AND OTHERS. 2 Maule and Selwyn, 165. What contingent Estates
are devisable, and of the effect of the word 'survivor/ added to words ..."
6. Church Hymns and Tunes: For Use in Baptist Churches by Herbert Barclay Turner, William Foster Biddle, Kerr Boyce Tupper (1907)
"3 That eye is fixed on seraph throngs; That arm upholds the sky; That ear is
filled with angel songs; That love is throned on high. JB calkin ..."
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