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Did you know ?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:26 pm
by Surgeon
I just found this out whilst reading a novel :
Main Entry: caulk
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English caulken, from Old North French cauquer to trample, from Latin calcare, from calc-, calx heel
Date: 15th century
: to stop up and make tight against leakage (as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
- caulk?er noun
An entirely useless fact but interesting just the same
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:32 pm
by Alcoholic
kOOL what book is it?
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:02 am
by lefty35
It's probably in the dictionary too.
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:29 am
by Sonsai
Heh, interesting.
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:38 am
by jv_map
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 6:50 pm
by nuggets
now i see why you have over 2,600 posts JV
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:32 pm
by Surgeon
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:06 am
by nuggets
lmao!!! we all do it but i didn't want to say it that bluntly
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:56 am
by jv_map
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:25 am
by Surgeon
lol i'm only kidding - JV posts more good stuff than not - hes allowed the odd "spam" post - he's earned it
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:53 am
by Reish Vedaur
PLEASE don't tell me you guys *didn't* know what "caulk" meant
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 11:28 am
by Surgeon
I knew what it meant - I didn't realise that it was first used in the 15th century....I thought it was a modern term
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 12:40 pm
by jv_map
I never heard of it before quake 3
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:36 am
by Serph
ohh my, people gents get off your computers!
the handy mans secret weapon #2 caulking!
the handy mans secret weapon #1 duct tape!
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:40 am
by Alcoholic
i heard of it when my dad patched up the bathtub
