Definition
• | A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone. |
• | 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. |
• | To rub or mark with chalk. |
• | To manure with chalk, as land. |
• | To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. |