cark*¹ n [phonetics unavailable]. From OED caulk, calk v 1.
   1 Oakum used to fill the seams of a boat or other wooden structure to be made watertight.
   M 68-13 He would pitch the seams so that they wouldn't leak. He would put cark in the seams also. He would do the same job with the coffin as with a dory so that it wouldn't leak.
   2 Comb cark iron [phonetics unavailable]: metal chisel used to wedge oakum in seams of a boat or vessel; caulking iron.
   T 141/66-65² I never seed a'r cark iron. And I went back up and I said, 'He isn't there.'

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