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Sarsen :: Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone..

Chalkcutter :: Chalkcutter (n.) A man who digs chalk.

Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..

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..

Neocomian :: Neocomian (n.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand..

Comminute :: Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth..

Chalkiness :: Chalkiness (n.) The state of being chalky.

Supradecompound :: Supracretaceous (a.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

Crayon :: Crayon (n.) An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders..

Malmbrick :: Malmbrick (n.) A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk..

Cretose :: Cretose (a.) Chalky; cretaceous.

Chalking :: Chalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chal.

Calcite :: Calcite (n.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar..

Calciform :: Calciform (a.) In the form of chalk or lime.

Insoluble :: Insoluble (a.) Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water..

Chalky :: Chalky (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste..

Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach..

Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To rub or mark with chalk.

Chalk :: Chalk (n.) 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..

Chalk :: 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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