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Clunch :: Clunch (n.) One of the hard beds of the lower chalk.

Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk..

Chalked :: Chalked (imp. & p. p.) of Chal.

Cretaceously :: Cretaceously (adv.) In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Bufonite :: Bufonite (n.) An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad..

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

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus..

Pica :: Pica (n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia..

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

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..

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..

Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To manure with chalk, as land..

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..

Glauconite :: Glauconite (n.) The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.

Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. i.) To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates..

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..

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

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

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

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held..

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