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CHALKS
Noun
chalks
plural of chalk
Verb
chalks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chalk
Proper noun
Chalks
plural of Chalk
Source: Wiktionary
CHALK
Chalk, n. Etym: [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]
1. (Min.)
Definition: A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.
2. (Fine Arts)
Definition: Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon. Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.
– By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang] Lowell.
– Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon.
– Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous.
– Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work.
– Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants.
– Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under Cretaceous.
– Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug.
– Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1.
– French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian mineral.
– Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and used by painters and artificers; reddle.
Chalk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chalked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chalking.]
1. To rub or mark with chalk.
2. To manure with chalk, as land. Morimer.
3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. Tennyson. Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. Herbert. To chalk out, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out." Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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