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caulker

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Main Entry:
1caulk 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1caulk
Variant(s):
or calk \ˈkk\
Function:
transitive verb
Etymology:
Middle English caulken, from Anglo-French cauker, calcher, chalcher to trample, from Latin calcare, from calc-, calx heel
Date:
15th century
: to stop up and make tight against leakage (as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
caulk·er noun


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