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Calk

Călk or Călque, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Fr. calquer, to chalk, to trace, from Lat. calc, limestone.] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then tracing the lines through on paper, &c., by means of a blunt style or needle.

Călque, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. See CALK.

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Calk, n.p. 186nounA sharp pointed piece of iron on a shoe for a horse or an ox, used to prevent the animal from slipping;—it is also written calker, calkin, cork. White. 2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the…