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- noun Plural form of
calkin .
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Examples
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This, to a very great extent, may be remedied by the use of a shoe with calkins and an extended toe-piece (see Fig. 84).
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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The horse was a big animal, and freshly shod with heavy shoes, on which a toe-piece and calkins were used.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.
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By means of an elongated toe-piece to the shoe and calkins, which were shortened every fifteen days, the filly was completely cured in seventy days. '
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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With this shoe a certain amount of forced exercise is advisable, and at intervals of about two weeks the calkins should be somewhat lowered, until the heels are brought as close to the ground as is possible.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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There is no doubt that they are most common in animals shod with heavy shoes and with high and sharp calkins.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.
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And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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