Chalk /(cha̤k)/
Chalk
n.
- A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone. (Min.)
- 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. (Fine Arts)
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
- Chalk drawing
- 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
- 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
- To rub or mark with chalk.
- To manure with chalk, as land.
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To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.
Phrases & Compounds
- To chalk out
- to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan.