caulking-mallet

The wooden beetle or instrument with which the caulking-irons are driven.

← caulking-irons × caury →

Mallet
·noun A small maul with a short handle, — used ·esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; al...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
mallet
A wooden hammer, of which there are several sorts. ♦ A caulking mallet is employed to drive the oa...

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caulking-butt
The opening between ends or joints of the planks when worked for caulking. ...

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caulking-irons
The peculiar chisels used for the purpose of caulking: they are the caulking-iron, the making-iron, ...

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Mallet, originally Malloch, David
(1705-1765) Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Crieff parish school and the Univ. of Edin., wher...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
serving-mallet
The mallet, grooved on the under side, with which spun-yarn, or other small stuff, is wrapped tightl...

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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...

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