(v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
(n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin.
(n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.
(v. i.) To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
(v. i.) To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three case reports are given where the horses were shoed with full bar shoes with clips and high calks, and were given two months rest in a box.
Calkin
Definition:
(n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the other hand, ANB-spermine [(azidonitrobenzoyl)spermine; Morgan, J. E., Calkins, C. C., & Matthews, H. R. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 5095-5106] stabilized the B form of poly(dG-br5dC).
(2) The type I inhibitor (Mr approximately or equal to 24,000) is specific for cAMP-dependent protein kinase and corresponds to the inhibitor described earlier (Walsh, D. A., Ashby, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Calkins, D., Fisher, E. H., and Krebs, E. G. (1971) J. Biol.
(3) D.A., Ashby, C.D., Gonzalez, C., Calkins, D., Fischer.
(4) In evolutionary terms the mechanisms of nonspecific suppression have been formed earlier than those of specific ones (Calkins & Stutman, 1978; Mijawaki, Seki, Kubo & Tanigushi, 1979).
(5) We now present three lines of evidence to support our conclusions that the undissociated holoenzyme does not catalyze the phosphorylation of exogenous substrates but can undergo self-phosphorylation by an intramolecular reaction: (a) addition of either cAMP-binding protein or the protein kinase inhibitor (Walsh, D. A., Ashby C. D., Gonzales, C., Calkins, D., Fischer, E. H., and Krebs, D. G. (1971) J. Biol.
(6) Calkins, Acanthamoeba polyphaga Puschkarew, Vahlkampfia jugosa Page, Acanthamoeba astronyxis Ray and Hayes, Acanthamoeba castellanii Douglas, Acanthamoeba culbertsoni Singh y Das, Vahlkampfia ustiana Page, Saccamoeba stagnicola Page, Hyalodiscus sp.
(7) Injection of Walsh inhibitor of protein kinase [Walsh, D. A., Ashby, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Calkins, D., Fischer, E. H. & Krebs, E. G. (1971) J. Biol.
(8) The heat-stable, protein inhibitor of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) dependent protein kinase [Walsh, D. A., Ashby, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Calkins, D., Fischer, E., & Krebs, E (1971a) J. Biol.
(9) Incongruities such as sublethal damage are neither scientifically sound nor relevant to cellular radiation biology (Calkins 1991; Lett 1990; Lett et al.