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▪ I. caulk, n. Naut. slang.|kɔːk|
[? f. caulk v.]
a. A dram, a ‘drop’ of liquor; = caulker 3.
1833Marryat P. Simple (1863) 265, I had no time to take a caulk if I was inclined. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & E. xxxii. 443 I've a had a bit o' a caulk, but not a drap more.
b. A short sleep or ‘nap’.
1917Chambers's Jrnl. 14 July 514/2 During the afternoon at sea the tables and stools on the mess-decks will be covered with figures enjoying their afternoon caulk. 1932Nordhoff & Hall Mutiny on Bounty vii. 100 Hayward was mate of the watch and was fool enough to take a caulk. 1942H. C. Bailey Dead Man's Shoes vii. 26 ‘Having a caulk’ where he sat and..he woke at eight.
▪ II. caulk
var. of cauk chalk, cawk barytes.
▪ III. caulk, v.|kɔːk|
Forms: 5 caulke, kalke, 5–7 calke, 7 calck(e, kauk, (chalk), 8 cawke, 7– caulk, calk.
[In 15th c. calke, caulke (the same word as cauk v.), a. OF. cauquer to tread, to press or squeeze in with force, to tent a wound:—L. calcāre to tread, stamp, press close together, press in. The prevailing spelling for a century back has been caulk, though dictionaries retain calk from Johnson.]
1. trans. To stop up the seams of (a ship, etc.) by driving in oakum, or the like, melted pitch or resin being afterwards poured on, so as to prevent leaking.
a1500Chester Plays i. (1843) 47, I will goe gaither slyche The shippe for to caulke and pyche. 1552Huloet, Botes or shyppes calked with towgh. 1555Eden Decades W. Ind. iv. viii. (Arb.) 174 To calke shyppes. 1578T. N. tr. Conq. W. India 313 The Vergantines were calked with Towe and Cotten Wooll. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Scornf. Lady iii. i, You smell as if you were new calk'd. a1618Raleigh Royal Navy 27 Ocum wherewith they Calke the seams of the Ships. 1638–48G. Daniel Eclog. v. 334 How kauk'd & trim'd y⊇ Ship may be. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. x. 295 In the South Seas the Spaniards do make Oakam to chalk their Ships, with the husk of the Coco-nut. 1708J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 24 Like as a Ship or Vessel is Cawked on the Ocean. 1718Steele Fish-pool 181 Were her hold..well caulked down. 1779Forrest Voy. N. Guinea 283 The vessel wanting to be fresh calked. 1801in Nicolas Disp. Nelson (1845) IV. 417 They have been caulked and fitted for service. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxvi. 87. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. II. xxv. 247 They were to be calked and swelled. 1869E. J. Reed Ship-build. ii. 45 The butts of the plates can be efficiently caulked before the angle-iron is secured to the bottom.
2. To stop up the crevices of (windows, etc.).
1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. i. i, The windores close shut, and calk'd. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Fruitery, Windows..ought to have very good double Sashes made of Paper and well caulk'd. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 73 The windows are caulked up against winter. 1884Gilmour Mongols iv. 41 These houses..are log-built, the seams being caulked with moss.
fig.1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. ii. ii, The widow Ochre caulks her wrinkles.
3. Naut. slang.
a. trans. To stop, ‘shut up’.
b. intr. To sleep.
1818‘A. Burton’ Adv. J. Newcome 69 When he took a snoose on deck They poured salt water down his neck; Nay once, when caulking, for a freak They triced him half way to the Peak. 1836E. Howard R. Reefer lxx, I can't sleep, Rattlin, and tarnation glad am I to see that you can't caulk either. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 173 Caulk, to lie down on deck and sleep, with clothes on. 1881W. C. Russell Ocean Free L. II. 131 To caulk his banter, I asked him, etc. |