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Definition of Chalks

Chalk
Chalk 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
Chalk 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.

Meaning of Chalks from wikipedia

- thus less dust, and it is marketed as "dustless chalk". Coloured chalks, pastel chalks, and sidewalk chalk (shaped into larger sticks and often coloured)...
- the Chalk's International Airlines fleet comprised: 4 Mallards (5 originally delivered but one crashed) 2 Saab 340A The Saabs were chartered by Chalks from...
- States, the chalk is not legal there. Labeling often falsely claims the chalk is "harmless to human beings and animals" and "safe to use." Chalks have been...
- to not upstage the less-impressive emerald ring worn by the Queen. The Chalks donated the ring to the Smithsonian Institution in 1972, and it is now part...
- Look up chalk or Chalk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chalk is a type of sedimentary rock, composed predominantly of calcium carbonate. Chalk may also...
- Chalk mining is the extraction of chalk from underground and above ground deposits by mining. Mined chalk is used mostly to make cement and bricks. Chalk...
- crayons (French: [tʁwɑ kʁɛjɔ̃]; English: "three chalks") is a drawing technique using three colors of chalk: red (sanguine), black (a type of schist), and...
- Chalk carving is the practice and shaping of chalk via carving . This article covers some methods, types of chalk, tools used and the benefits (and ramifications)...
- Chalking the door is a Christian Epiphanytide tradition used to bless one's home, which originated in medieval Europe. Either on Twelfth Night (5 January)...
- The Chalk Marl is a geologic formation in England. Consisting of mixed and layered chalk and marl, it preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period...