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- noun Plural form of
calk . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
calk .
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Examples
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"Talking about 'calks'!" he remarked; and diving into the deep recesses of his fur coat he produced a comfortable-looking leather-encased flask.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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On the other hand, the big buckled boots themselves seemed genuine, their soles bristling with wrought-steel calks.
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On the other hand, the big buckled boots themselves seemed genuine, their soles bristling with wrought-steel calks.
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Having mastered trimming, students learn to level and balance the foot, turn heel calks, pull clips, square toes, and forge weld bar shoes.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Shop classes include clipping heels, making bevel edge, concave, and square toes, forge welding jar calks, forge brazing jar calks and grabs, working with full swedges and half rounds, and electric and torch welding.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Having mastered trimming, students learn to level and balance the foot, turn heel calks, pull clips, square toes, and forge weld bar shoes.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Shop classes include clipping heels, making bevel edge, concave, and square toes, forge welding jar calks, forge brazing jar calks and grabs, working with full swedges and half rounds, and electric and torch welding.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Many shoes have both toe and heel calks, and in most examples the calks are well worn.
New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America J. Paul Hudson
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The heel is raised by means of a shoe with moderately high heel calks.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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By keeping the heels as low as possible and shoeing without heel calks a more comfortable position is made possible.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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