▪ I. † ˈcalking, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. calk v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Calculation, computation.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth de P.R. (Tollemache MS.) viii. xxvii, Þe science and use of calkynge [1535 calclynge; Lat. calculi] and acountes. |
2. spec. Astrological prognostication.
| c 1400 Epiph. (Turnb. 1843) 103 Ych yere wer certeyn dayes three By calkyng cast and computacion Sowght and chosen. 1562 Phaër æneid ix. Bb ij, To king Turnus deere he calkinges kest. But not with calking craft could he his plague beswitch that day. |
▪ II. calking vbl. n.2
var. of caulking.