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caulk [kȯk] Also spelled calk. (engineering) To make a seam or point airtight, watertight, or steamtight by driving in caulking compound, dry pack, lead wool, or other material. (materials) Material used to caulk seams. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Douglass had personally experienced violence at the hands of white laborers, having been attacked by carpenter apprentices in a Baltimore shipyard and denied employment by the white caulkers of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They worked the shipyards as caulkers, carpenters, long-shore men and mariners. Lime's crew of Local 66, Pointers, Caulkers, and Cleaners, worked with different types of scrubbing brushes and a variety of cleaning agents formulated for older buildings. |
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