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  • verb Present participle of recaulk.

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Examples

  • Her audit recommended doubling the amount of attic insulation, recaulking around plumbing pipes and fixtures and resealing the duct system to reduce a 19% air leakage -- improvements that could cost as much as $1,800 before rebates, experts said.

    Energy Audits Vex Austin's Home Sellers 2009

  • Several ships were brought into dry dock for repair, recaulking hulls, and even replacing severely weathered planks.

    Immortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2003

  • Innumerable hedgehogs rooted and snuffled beneath them, providently arranging nests of grass and leaves in anticipation of some cold days ahead, and the beaches were strewn with what appeared to be minor shipwrecks, half-dismantled boats drawn up out of the water for inspection and recaulking.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • It was so urgent to reach Australia in time for the ensuing Antarctic summer, that the recaulking of the decks and other improvements were postponed, to be executed on the voyage or upon arrival in Australia.

    The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

  • I told them that you had captured three of the corsairs with a single galley, and that if they could send you ten others you would probably be able to make head against the pirates; but, as I have told you, Genoa is at peace with all the world; her war galleys are laid up, and most of them would need repair and recaulking before they would be fit to send to sea.

    A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes 1867

  • Reader's Digest gave top "got to have it" ratings to Pro Caulk, a home recaulking kit; the Fuzzy Wuzzy Microfiber Blind Cleaner, whose title pretty much says it all; Debbie Meyer Green Bags, which promise to keep fruit fresher longer; and ShamWow! absorbent cloths.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Reader's Digest gave top "got to have it" ratings to Pro Caulk, a home recaulking kit; the Fuzzy Wuzzy Microfiber Blind Cleaner, whose title pretty much says it all; Debbie Meyer Green Bags, which promise to keep fruit fresher longer; and ShamWow! absorbent cloths.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Workers had finished recaulking and were applying the first of two coats of paint on Tuesday, Haan said.

    unknown title 2009

  • This leaves gaps, but simply recaulking occasionally to fill them in can conserve a significant amount of energy.

    IndyStar.com Top Stories 2009

  • It may merely need recaulking or regrouting, but it could also require ripping out tile and replacing the shower pan, a much more costly process

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

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