What's the difference between baulk and caulk?

Baulk


Definition:

  • (n. & v.) See Balk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A safety to the baulk ends the threat and we're into a longer-range safety exchange.
  • (2) His appointment as chief executive is recent enough for him to baulk at the idea of handing over the reins to someone else.
  • (3) It’s a really horrible feeling that this is now playing smack-bang into the far right’s hands.” Cologne attacks: mayor lambasted for telling women to keep men at arm's length Read more The anxiety has extended to the media, including the evening news programme that tweeted the question to its viewers: “How should we cover the events in Cologne?” and baulked at even touching the item itself until five days after the event.
  • (4) Pyne said the meeting had “made great progress” on pushing mathematics and science to the forefront of schooling, despite states baulking at the push for one of the subjects to be compulsory in years 11 and 12.
  • (5) Where the banks and federal government baulked, Gotbaum and other union leaders persuaded their members to throw $2.5 billion in pension funds – often their entire savings for old age – behind the city’s bonds.
  • (6) Not only would the party’s Stalinist-like discipline compare favourably with the chaos and backbiting that would infect the coalition government, but the Shinners would play it all to their advantage in other ways.” With senior Fianna Fáil personnel baulking at the prospect of a formal coalition government with Fine Gael and remaining on the opposition benches, it appears so far that they will not be gifting any “grand coalition wet dream” to Sinn Féin in the near future.
  • (7) Any prolongation will be costly with the EU's core creditor members almost certain to baulk at handing out another 20 bn euro - the estimated cost of extending the program.
  • (8) But they criticised the fact that leaders had baulked at Merkel’s proposal that they should agree to immediate binding emission targets.
  • (9) Japan has become keener on free-trade agreements but may baulk at dismantling its agricultural protectionism.
  • (10) Labor frontbencher Penny Wong said it was unfortunate that the prime minister appeared to be baulking at the bill.
  • (11) But baulked of his ambition to lead Britain into the EEC by de Gaulle, Macmillan's greatest achievement in foreign policy lay in hastening the thaw in relations with the Soviet Union in the post-Stalin, post-Dulles world.
  • (12) And now this year Noël had descended upon it in its fullest and most splendid robes of state, as though to emphasise the fact that it was not to be baulked by the petty machinations of men.
  • (13) That those who saw this chance did not baulk at it.
  • (14) His performances back then gave little reason to baulk at a suitable fee but Mané has been in stunning form during the final two months of the season – scoring eight goals in as many games and showing marked improvement in much of his build up play – and looks very much the kind of player an upwardly mobile team needs to stick around.
  • (15) Gerwig may baulk at the comparison, but Baumbach tells me that the character of Frances Ha – footloose free spirit; pratfalling dancer – was directly informed by her.
  • (16) Milne also suggested that although the national government "had baulked at the idea of introducing legislation to standardise packaging", this would be a progressive step and would discourage children and young people from taking up smoking.
  • (17) The lead is 29, but it's worth more given that the majority of reds are up in baulk.
  • (18) 9.11pm BST A safety exchange sends a number of reds up towards baulk, before Selby leaves a tight one to the middle.
  • (19) But it was his poverty of imagination that did for Murray; even when there was little to lose, as Federer hit occasionally sublime heights of excellence to go two sets up, Murray baulked at coming to the net.
  • (20) The government had an opportunity to act, and has baulked.

Caulk


Definition:

  • (v. t. & n.) See Calk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was no difference in post-operative sensitivity between the teeth restored with Barricaid or Caulk Temporary Crown and Bridge Resin.
  • (2) Cathodic, linear anodic, and anodic polarization studies conducted on three commercial dental amalgams, Caulk Fine Cut Alloy, Spheralloy, and Dispersalloy, showed that all amalgams were in a passive state at the corrosion potential in synthetic saliva solution.
  • (3) This provides an ideal caulking substance to use as a sealing material during endodontic procedures where leakage of oral fluids is anticipated or has occurred after dental dam placement.
  • (4) Caulk varnish and Polyvar had values lying between the two materials.
  • (5) This study investigated the effects of thermal stress and specimen storage time on the tensile bond strength of three prosthodontic adhesives: Comspan (LD Caulk), Panavia Opaque (Kuraray), and Super-Bond (Sun Medical).
  • (6) By using light cured periodontal protection like Barricaid from Caulk: the patients have a greater adaptation with their appliance.
  • (7) Plasticine and Weatherstrip Caulking Cord were found to meet all criteria best.
  • (8) The breakdown of passivity in Caulk Alloy and Spheralloy amalgams is attributed to the presence of the gamma2 phase (Sn7-8Hg) whereas the passive behavior of Dispersalloy amalgam is attributed to the absence of the phase.
  • (9) • Seal the tops and bottoms of skirting boards using silicon mastic or decorative caulking.
  • (10) Leakage of low-melting-point metals from the underside of polystyrene molds can be prevented by applying a silicone caulking material to the bottom of the mold and pressing the mold on a metal plate before pouring.
  • (11) Additional documentation regarding the etching of ceramic materials, including Dicor (Caulk Company Ltd., Milford, DE) was produced.
  • (12) Newly developed amalgams such as Tytin, Sybraloy, and Dispersalloy had low static creep, high compressive strength, and similar values for both diametral tensile strength and dimensional change in comparison with conventional amalgams such as Kerr Spheraloy, Caulk Spherical, Shofu Spherical, and Caulk 20th Century Micro Cut.
  • (13) The smoothest surfaces were obtained using Centrix System rubber points alone, Centrix System rubber points plus Caulk's Prisma Gloss fine and super-fine pastes, and Caulk's Enhance disks plus Caulk's Prisma Gloss fine and super-fine pastes.
  • (14) The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate two cases of esthetic conservative anterior crown reconstruction and a posterior composite restorative technique using a newly introduced polishable hybrid material (Prisma APH, L. D. Caulk Co., Milford, DE).
  • (15) It is suggested that in existing structures with infiltration of radon from the soil remedial action be based on the principle of first trying to caulk obvious and accessible openings and, if this is not possible, installing a sub-floor depressurising system.
  • (16) Seven light-cured proprietary composite restorative materials, P-50 (3M), P-10 (3M), P-30 (3M), FulFil (Caulk), Herculite (Kerr), Silux Plus (3M) and Silux (3M) were characterized in terms of water uptake at 37 degrees C. For several of the systems, elastic modulus and glass transition temperature were evaluated with a dynamic mechanical analyser (Autovibron DDV-II-C).
  • (17) Airborne compounds from two groups of plasticizers used in air conditioner filters and caulks as well as flexible polyvinyl chloride and related plastics have been identified as major sources of low level laboratory contamination that can cause serious interferences in pollutant analyses especially at the low levels requiring GCEC for quantitation.
  • (18) The combination of cavity design with enamel conditioning and the use of a low viscosity sealant prior to the insertion of the composite (Caulk Nuva System) resulted in restorations showing no microleakage and a perfect marginal adaptation.
  • (19) In Columbia, which is in the middle of the state, business owners spent Saturday caulking and duct-taping windows and readying sandbags.
  • (20) Both new and conventional dental alloys and their amalgams, namely Tytin, Sybraloy, Dispersalloy, Kerr Spheraloy, Caulk Spherical, Shofu Spherical, and Caulk 20th Century Microcut were used to complete the investigation.

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