Bastianello says that old tub there is yours, and that if you had a better head than you have you could caulk her and paint her white with a red stripe and take foreigners to the Bath of Queen Giovanna in her on fine days.
To-morrow she will be dry and we will caulk the seams, and the next day we will paint her and then we can take foreigners to the Cape in her if we have a chance and the signori do not go out.
Being now in a rainy climate, which we had been long disused to, we found it necessary to caulk the decks and sides of the Centurion, to prevent the rain water from running into her.
He seems to be as satisfied as possible, sitting smoking his opium-pipe and watching his men caulk and varnish the Chee-ho.
The oars were soon laid in, and the men, with mallets and chisels, set to work to caulk the seams through which the water was making its way.
Set the carpenter and some of the hands to work, to caulk the seams as well as they can from the inside, and set a gang to work at the pumps at once.
We were also delayed for want of caulkers to caulk the ship, which was absolutely necessary to be done before we put to sea.
But before this, the caulkers had been set to work to caulk the ship; and I had concerted measures with Messrs Brandt and Chiron, for supplying both ships with such provisions as I should want.
To repair these defects the caulkers were set to work, as soon as we got into fair and settled weather, to caulk the decks and inside weather-works of the ship; for I would not trust them over the sides while we were at sea.
This fair weather gave us an opportunity to complete our wood and water, to overhaul the rigging, caulk the ship, and put her in a condition for sea.
I don’t suppose we shall be able to make them watertight, but we might caulk them up with pitch or gum from some of the trees.
That means, I suppose, that he's all right, and having a good caulk in my cot.
I now ordered the carpenters to work to caulk the decks.
Every body went to work at their respective employments, one of which was to caulk the ship's sides, a thing much wanted.
You may caulk the joins thoroughly with oakum and serve them with marine glue, but a fresh strain will pull them open again.
The secret, in fine, is to caulk the joins with something that will expand and contract like the surrounding material without becoming detached from it.
It is necessary in a great many cases to caulk a joint in a position where the lead would run out of the joint unless provision were made to hold it in.
There are a number of different ways to caulk this pipe together, and to make it clear to the beginner just how it is done the following exercise is suggested.
In order to caulk the fittings, they must be put in their exact location and positions before the lead is poured in, for after the lead is once in the fitting cannot be moved.
The beginner should start at the trap and caulk the joints with the trap held in place.
To caulk the straight end of cast-iron pipe into the hub end and make a water-tight joint when the pipe is in a vertical position, the spigot end of the pipe is entered into the hub end of another piece.
To caulk a joint in a position of this kind, the pipe is lined up and secured, then the oakum is put in and forced to the bottom of the hub.
Having a caulk somewhere," said Tully gruffly; "and I on'y wish I were doing of that same myself.
A small shifting stage, hung over a ship's side to caulk or repair a breach.
To caulk slightly those openings that will not bear the force required for caulking.
But you'd better caulk her up with lampwick and give her a coat of paint in the meantime.
It was not necessary to caulk her lower seams for the dampness of the marsh had kept them tight, and the seams above were easy.
In answer to this interrogatory, it occurred to me that I might caulk the hole with a rag from my jacket.
It's a fine tub, and we are mighty lucky to find that man to caulk it.
He had had a long wooden bath-tub built, and I watched it with a lazy interest, and observed his glee as he found a longshoreman or roustabout who could caulk it.
But if I went and had a caulk just when the enemy might come, what should I say arterwards when I met the skipper?
There's a big job to patch me up and caulk me, I can tell you.
Though drills of all sorts were of constant occurrence, there were times after mess when we could "caulk off" and enjoy the glorious weather.
Others gathered in little knots and read or sewed, and still others took advantage of the time to "caulk off" and make up some lost sleep.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caulk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
