Definition of chalk

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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..

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Chalkcutter :: Chalkcutter (n.) A man who digs chalk.
Reddle :: Reddle (n.) Red chalk. See under Chalk.
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..
Post :: Post (n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt..
Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..
Malmbrick :: Malmbrick (n.) A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk..
Chalky :: Chalky (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste..
Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A mass of chalk.
Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. i.) To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates..
Calcography :: Calcography (n.) The art of drawing with chalk.
Chalking :: Chalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chal.
Graphotype :: Graphotype (n.) A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief..
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk..
Chalkiness :: Chalkiness (n.) The state of being chalky.
Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach..
Cretose :: Cretose (a.) Chalky; cretaceous.
Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts..
Supradecompound :: Supracretaceous (a.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.
Portland Cement :: Portland cement () A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water..
Calciform :: Calciform (a.) In the form of chalk or lime.
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