"Calking" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to reply, chanced to glance aft, and dropped his calking iron in his astonishment. "Yumping Yimminy! Luk ...
— Bar-20 Days • Clarence E. Mulford
... that hut, not fit for aught better than swine in a civilized land; but for us, who had known the misery of the open boat, it was a snug little habitation. Following the housewarming, which was accomplished by means of seal-oil and a wick made from cotton calking, came the hunting for our winter's meat and the building of the second hut. It was a simple affair, now, to go forth in the morning and return by noon with a boatload of seals. And then, while I worked at building the hut, Maud tried out the oil from the blubber and kept a slow fire under the ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London
... stomach miraculous plasters, so that the toad, left without a moment's rest, should escape in terror; there were rags soaked in brandy and saturated with incense; tangles of hemp dipped in the calking of the ships; mountain herbs; simple bits of paper with numbers, crosses and Solomon's seal upon them, sold by the miracle-worker of the city. Visanteta thought that all these remedies that were being thrust down her ...
— Luna Benamor • Vicente Blasco Ibanez |
