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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of recalk.

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Examples

  • He feels like he's leaving too much undone before he goes and I couldn't care less about the bathroom being recalked as long as i can watch the sunset with him before he goes. lol.

    When Goodbye Feels More Like Good Riddance - SpouseBUZZ 2008

  • The old galley had been repaired, debarnacled, and recalked ready for spring, but new timbers and a coat of fresh paint could not conceal her age, which showed in every line as she lay half in and half out of the shallow water.

    Shield of Thunder Gemmell, David 2006

  • She was recalked, new coppered, and made as tight as a bottle.

    Youth, by Joseph Conrad 2004

  • The whaleboat, repaired and recalked, was launched and brought down to the beach before the cabin.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

  • They looked her over carefully and recalked every seam and freshly painted her and put into her their strongest oars and made her a new sail.

    Viking Tales 1902

  • In the summer of 1911 the boat was recalked and again launched when we continued our search from the point at which work closed the previous year.

    Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections William Diller Matthew 1900

  • She was recalked, new coppered, and made as tight as a bottle.

    Youth And Two Other Stories 1899

  • They looked her over carefully and recalked every seam and freshly painted her and put into her their strongest oars and made her a new sail.

    Viking Tales Jennie Hall 1898

  • She was recalked, new coppered, and made as tight as a bottle.

    Youth, a Narrative Joseph Conrad 1890

  • Archipelago, Gama had the _Berrio_ recalked, and his own ship drawn up on shore for repairs.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

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