3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. {Calcarate}.] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also {calque}] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Calque \Calque\, v. t. See 2d {Calk}, v. t. [1913 Webster] Caltrop From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: calque n : an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language [syn: {loan translation}]
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