caulk
verb (used with object)
to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
was caulking
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past progressiveof caulk.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was caulking till they wakened me wi’ laughing.”
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by W.B. Handforth
I was caulking incipient leaks all the way to Portland as a consequence of that confounded “one man” portage.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
Uncle Ventolera was caulking the seams of his beached boat with tow and pitch.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
