The port had been carefully barred and Calked over.
"The After House"
Mary Roberts Rinehart
On Cuba the boats were Calked and scraped, and the Admiral superintended the operations.
"Christopher Columbus"
Mildred Stapley
How different it was from that first fearful sailing out of Palos in 1492. This time the fleet was magnificent; seventeen vessels, all newly Calked and painted; about fifteen hundred men, all happy and hopeful; and on shore, instead of a populace wringing its hands in dismay, a populace cheering and making music and flying banners, and actually envying the lucky ones who were starting off to the wonderful new lands where they could pick up gold!
"Christopher Columbus"
Mildred Stapley