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Calk, Cawk, v. [f. Calk,n. So e.m.E. chalke (1575).] tr. To mark, treat, or wash with chalk.(1) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 414.
The woman … cawkit ilk ȝett, that thai neid nocht gang by 1562-3 Winȝet I. 23/7.
Quhow … the durris of certane Caluinianis wes calket also with sum notes of dishonour 1572 Satirical Poems xxxviii. 95.
Calk me thair dures, And slay or ȝe be slane 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvii. 30.
If they cleaue to that they haue calked 1658 Elgin Rec. I. 308.
Johne Forsyth, officer, did calk the boothe doore by making ane croce thereon(2) 1540 Acts II. 376/1.
Of thame [drawaris of claith] outwith burgh dingand, calk, cresche, or flaland claith that the samyn be eschete 1563–4 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 177.
[That no person] draw clayth, ding, calk, creche, flaill or caird clayth a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlviii. 41.
Ȝit it is weill walkit, cairdit, and calkit, Als warme a weid as weir the deule(3) 1590 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 21.
[The council] ordanis the dene of gild to caus calk and repair the eister Kirk
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