Falk vs Calk - What's the difference?
falk | calk |
* 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 falk and calk
is that falk is (uk|dialect) the razorbill 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.calk
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- When a joint was calked , the bell piece was then separated,