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.
Chalk (?), n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]
1. (Min.) 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) 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.
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