caulked

caulk also calk  (kôk)

v. caulked also calked, caulk·ing also calk·ing, caulks also calks

v.tr.

1. To make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing: caulk a pipe joint; caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.

2. Nautical To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.

v.intr.

To apply caulking: caulked all around the window frame.

n.

Caulking.

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[Middle English cauken, to press, from Old North French cauquer, from Latin calcre, to tread, from calx, heel.]

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caulker n.

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Adj.

1.

caulked - having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler uncaulked - not caulked or sealed