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Cal vs Calk - What's the difference?

cal | calk |

As nouns the difference between cal and calk

is that cal is abbreviation of lang=en while calk is a pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping.

As a proper noun Cal

is a short form of the male given names Caleb, Calum or Calvin.

As a verb calk is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

cal

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten
    • (Simmonds)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    calk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping.

    • Verb

  • * 1915 April 1, in Gas Age , volume 35, page 328:
    • When a joint was calked , the bell piece was then separated,
  • To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

    • Etymology 2

    Ultimately from (etyl) (lena) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.

    • Anagrams

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