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Look up: caulking

  1. Caulking
    Caulking is British navy slang for sleeping, particularly surreptitiously.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Caulking
    In old wooden ships, caulking was the driving a quantity of oakum into the seams of the planks in the ship's decks or sides in order to prevent the entrance of water. After the oakum was driven very hard into these seams it was covered with hot melted pitch to keep the water from rotting it.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. Caulking
    Caulking is British navy slang for sleeping, particularly surreptitiously.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  4. Caulking
    [video games] Caulking is a process used in video game level creation/editing (or mapping) for the generation of a level, or map, that when compiled is less demanding for the computer`s graphics card to render in-game than it would be otherwise. A surface that is marked with caulk is not dra...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulking_(v

  5. Caulking
    Caulking is one of several different processes to seal joints or seams in various structures and certain types of piping. The oldest form of caulking is used to make the seams in wooden boats or ships watertight, by driving fibrous materials into the wedge-shaped seams between planks. A related pro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulking

  6. caulking
    (caulking, jointing compound, polyfilla, spackling) Decorator's aid used to fill cracks and gaps in walls inside houses. It usually comes in powder form to be mixed with water, but sometimes is ready mixed.
    Found on http://www.papiermache.co.uk/glossary/

  7. caulking
    to stop up and make watertight the seams of a boat or ship Category: Transport • Forcing a quantity of calking material into the seams of the planks in a ship`s decks or sides to make them watertight. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Caulking
    Material used to seal exterior cracks and openings such as windows or foundations.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  9. Caulking
    - (1) A flexible material used to seal a gap between two surfaces e.g. between pieces of siding or the corners in tub walls. (2) To fill a joint with mastic or asphalt plastic cement to prevent leaks.
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa

  10. Caulking
    A flexible material used to seal a gap between two surfaces e.g. between pieces of siding or the corners in tub walls.
    Found on http://www.soundhome.com/glossary

  11. caulking
    Caulk is a flexible material used to seal areas of potential air leakage into or out of a building envelope. Caulk forms a flexible seal for cracks, gaps, or joints less than 1-quarter-inch wide. You can use a caulking compound to seal air leaks in a variety of places throughout your home, including...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  12. caulking
    The compound used to seal the seams in a wooden boat.
    Found on http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-ter

  13. Caulking
    Forcing material such as oakum into the seams of planks on a deck or a boats sides to make them watertight.
    Found on http://www.seadercraft.com/sailing_gloss



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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