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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
recaulk .
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Examples
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He said all of the unit walls, even those without gaps, were recaulked over Christmas break, and the leaking windows were recaulked, as well.
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The two old ladies had lived alone for many years and were unable, both physically and financially, to keep the home in reasonable condition; the roof needed replacing, the siding hadn't had a new coat of paint in years, and all the windows needed to be recaulked.
From On High 2005
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Hotspur had been in and out of dock, her bottom cleaned, her seams recaulked, her shot holes patched.
Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
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The next day we recaulked and painted the boat, and I put the name _Cañonita_ in red letters on the stern and a red star on each side of the bow.
A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
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She had then been recaulked and coppered; besides having her rigging set up again and tarred down, as well as the coverings and seizings replaced, and the chaffing gear paid over.
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Considering the season too far advanced, and weather too uncertain, to hazard any further operations against Tripoli, at present, Commodore Barron determined that the prizes should be sent to Malta, under convoy of the Constitution, it being necessary she should go into port to be recaulked and refitted.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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He therefore had the Pinta beached and recaulked and took in wood and water, and continued his voyage on Tuesday, January 8th.
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete Filson Young 1907
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He therefore had the Pinta beached and recaulked and took in wood and water, and continued his voyage on Tuesday, January 8th.
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 3 Filson Young 1907
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He therefore had the Pinta beached and recaulked and took in wood and water, and continued his voyage on Tuesday, January 8th.
Christopher Columbus Young, Filson 1906
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I placed my finger in the aperture, and groping about for the rag, soon found it, and recaulked the cask.
The Boy Tar Mayne Reid 1850
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