calk

v. t. [ E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate. ] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [ Written also calque ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur. ] 1. A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as caulk{ 2 }, n.. [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as caulk{ 2 }, v. t.. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who calks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]