Calf vs Calk - What's the difference?
calf | calk |
A young cow or bull.
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
A young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals).
A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
A small island, near a larger island.
A cabless railroad engine.
(informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
* Drayton
(anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
* 1988 , Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", , 47 (6): 28-34.
* 1915 April 1, in Gas Age , volume 35, page 328:
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.
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.
As nouns the difference between calf and calk
is that calf is a young cow or bull or calf can be (anatomy) the back of the leg below the knee while calk is a pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping.As a verb calk is
or calk can be 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.calf
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cealf, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- (Kane)
- the Calf of Man
- some silly, doting, brainless calf
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* cow * vealEtymology 2
(etyl) kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as ().Noun
(en-noun)- Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.
calk
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- When a joint was calked , the bell piece was then separated,