Chalk

chalk
    n 1: a soft whitish calcite
    2: a pure flat white with little reflectance
    3: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the
       form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to
       the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn:
       {methamphetamine}, {methamphetamine hydrochloride},
       {Methedrine}, {meth}, {deoxyephedrine}, {chalk}, {chicken
       feed}, {crank}, {glass}, {ice}, {shabu}, {trash}]
    4: a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the
       shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on
       blackboards or other flat surfaces
    v 1: write, draw, or trace with chalk
    

Chalk \Chalk\ (ch[add]k), 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.
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   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}.
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   {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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Chalk \Chalk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chalked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chalking}.]
   1. To rub or mark with chalk.
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   2. To manure with chalk, as land. --Morimer.
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   3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
      --Tennyson.
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            Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.  --Herbert.
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   {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.
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217 Moby Thesaurus words for "chalk":
      air brush, alabaster, art paper, ballpoint pen, besnow, blackboard,
      blanch, blaze, blaze a trail, bleach, blemish, blotch, book, brand,
      brush, calcimine, calendar, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas,
      cartoon, carve, catalog, chalk up, charcoal, check, check in,
      check off, chronicle, cicatrize, color, copy, crayon, crosshatch,
      cut, dapple, dash, dash off, daub, define, delimit, delineate,
      demarcate, depict, design, diagram, discolor, docket, doodle, dot,
      draft, draw, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, driven snow,
      easel, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, eraser, etiolate, file,
      fill out, fixative, fleck, fleece, flour, foam, freckle, frost,
      gash, grave, grizzle, ground, hatch, impanel, impress, imprint,
      incise, index, ink, inkhorn, inkstand, inkwell, inscribe, insert,
      invisible ink, ivory, jot down, lay figure, lead pencil, lily,
      limn, line, list, log, maggot, make a mark, make a memorandum,
      make a note, make an entry, make out, mark, mark down, mark off,
      mark out, matriculate, maulstick, medium, milk, minute, mottle,
      nib, nick, notch, note, note down, paint, paint a picture,
      paintbrush, palette, palette knife, paper, pastel, pearl, pen,
      pencil, pepper, picture, picturize, pigments, pipe-clay,
      place upon record, plume, point, poll, portray, post, post up,
      prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, put down, put in writing,
      put on paper, put on tape, quill, record, reduce to writing, reed,
      register, riddle, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch,
      scratchboard, scumble, seal, seam, set down, shade, sheet,
      siccative, silver, sketch, sketchbook, sketchpad, slate, snow,
      spatula, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, spray gun, stain, stamp,
      stencil, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, stump, style,
      stylograph, stylus, swan, sympathetic ink, table, tablet, tabulate,
      take down, tape, tape-record, tattoo, tick, tick off, tint, trace,
      underline, underscore, varnish, videotape, white, whiten,
      whitewash, write, write down, write in, write out, write up