II. caulk (
also calk American English) /kɔːk $ kɒːk/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old North French;
Origin: cauquer 'to press down with the feet', from Latin calcare, from calx 'heel']
to fill the holes or cracks in a ship with an oily or sticky substance in order to keep water out
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