1. See caulk.
2. The act of applying caulk.

ETYM Cf. French garcette, Italian gaschetta, Spanish cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.
A ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint.
Rope for tying furled sail; packing for pistons, etc.

1. Carrying something in a pack on the back; SYN. backpacking.
2. The enclosure of something in a box; SYN. boxing.

(Homonym: seel).
1. A stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it).
2. A finishing coating applied to seal out especially moisture.
3. A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents; SYN. stamp.
4. A tight and perfect closure.
5. Mark or impression made in a block of wax to authenticate letters and documents. Seals were used in ancient China and are still used in China, Korea, and Japan. + prikaži više

ETYM French littérature, Latin litteratura, literatura, learning, grammar, writing, from littera, litera, letter. Related to Letter.
1. Creative writing of recognized artistic value.
2. Published writings in a particular style on a particular subject.
3. The humanistic study of a body of literature.
4. The profession or art of a writer.
Words set apart in some way from ordinary everyday communication. In the ancient oral traditions, before stories and poems were written down, literature had a mainly public function—mythic and religious. As literary works came to be preserved in writing, and, eventually, printed, their role became more private, serving as a vehicle for the exploration and expression of emotion and the human situation.
Poetry and prose.
In the development of literature, esthetic criteria have come increasingly to the fore, although these have been challenged on ideological grounds by some recent cultural critics. The English poet and critic Coleridge defined prose as words in their best order, and poetry as the “best” words in the best order. The distinction between poetry and prose is not always clear-cut, but in practice poetry tends to be metrically formal (making it easier to memorize), whereas prose corresponds more closely to the patterns of ordinary speech. Poetry therefore had an early advantage over prose in the days before printing, which it did not relinquish until comparatively recently.
Over the centuries poetry has taken on a wide range of forms, from the lengthy narrative such as the epic, to the lyric, expressing personal emotion in songlike form; from the ballad and the 14-line sonnet, to the extreme conciseness of the 17-syllable Japanese haiku.
Prose came into its own in the West as a vehicle for imaginative literature with the rise of the novel in the 18th century, and fiction has since been divided into various genres such as the historical novel, detective fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. See also the literature of particular countries, under English literature, French literature, United States literature, and so on. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Fren. poeterie. Related to Poet.
1. Any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling.
2. Literature in metrical form; SYN. poesy, verse.
The imaginative expression of emotion, thought, or narrative, frequently in metrical form and often using figurative language. Poetry has traditionally been distinguished from prose (ordinary written language) by rhyme or the rhythmical arrangement of words (meter).
A distinction is made between lyrical, or songlike, poetry (sonnet, ode, elegy, pastoral), and narrative, or story-telling, poetry (ballad, lay, epic). Poetic form has also been used as a vehicle for satire, parody, and expositions of philosophical, religious, and practical subjects. Traditionally, poetry has been considered a higher form of expression than prose. In modern times, the distinction is not always clear cut. + prikaži više