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Filled in holes
Answer for the clue "Filled in holes ", 6 letters:
calked
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vb. (en-past of: calk )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Calking .] [Either corrupted fr. F. calfater (cf. Pg. calafetar, Sp. calafetear), fr. Ar. qalafa to fill up crevices with the fibers of palm tree or moss; or fr. OE. cauken to tred, through ...
Usage examples of calked.
They had struck a massive right whale, bonnet calked thick with barnacles.
He wrapped them first in old woolen blankets, then in oilcloth, and calked the seams with pitch or tar or wax.
Ornette wove the long stems of shore plants into a great circular pattern and calked the interstices with the clay Orn scooped up from beneath the water.
The road down the mountain was also better than the one by which they had ascended, and as the horses with their calked shoes were swift of foot they made rapid progress.
The minor outbuildings were all built of logs, calked with mud, like old rural sheds and shacks in America, or with oakum.