calkin

[ kaw-kin, kal- ]

noun

1. calk ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of calkin¹

1400–50; late Middle English kakun < Middle Dutch calcoen hoof < Old French (Walloon) calcain < Latin calcāneum heel; calcaneum

Example Sentences

Or, on the same branch, may be turned up a calkin of sufficient height for the purpose.

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This suggests at once that a preventive is to be found in substituting a calkin that is low and square.

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Treads, too, especially with the calkin of the hind-shoe, are especially apt to end in this way.

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Sylvia meditated selling enough Calkin's soap to buy a new one, and stow that away in Mr. Allen's room.

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Mrs. Jim Jones had a mirror which she had earned by selling Calkin's soap, which Sylvia considered much handsomer.

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