caulker

• (drink): cauker

From caulk +‎ -er.

caulker (plural caulkers)

1. A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
   • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 117:

     He was one of the best caulkers around.

2. A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
3. (slang, archaic) An alcoholic drink; a dram.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     “Will you taste, messmate?” he asked; and when I had refused: “Well, I’ll take a dram myself, Jim,” said he. “I need a caulker, for there’s trouble on hand. And talking o’ trouble, why did that doctor give me the chart, Jim?”

4. (informal) Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”).

• caulking

From Latin calcāria (lime kiln).

caulker (plural caulkers)

1. (glassblowing) A lime kiln.

• Carluke, recaulk