† calkern.1
Obsolete.
A calculator of nativities, etc.; an astrologer; a magician, conjurer.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. ii. B Calkers of mens byrthes, whereof ye haue to many.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 Imps, calcars, coniurors.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 209 Forewarned, (by what Calker I wot not).
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calkern.2
/ˈkɔːkə/, U.S. /ˈkɑkər/, Scottish English /ˈkɔkər/ Scottish.
= calkin n. Also figurative.
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1794 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 448 Poor, slip-shod, giddy Pegasus Was but a sorry walker, To Vulcan then Apollo gaes, To get a frosty calker.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 325 They turn down the very caulkers of their animosities and prejudice, as smiths do with horses' shoes in a white frost.
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. ix. 241 The shoe was made by old Eckie..I would swear to the curve of the cawker.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 234 The Bight of Leogane is a horseshoe—Cape St Nicholas is the caulker on the northern heel.
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