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(sid) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
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(sid) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO(sub)), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
(sid) tailor's chalk|Tailor's chalk.
(sid) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).
(sid) The favorite in a sporting event.
(sid) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
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To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
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To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
(RQ:Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress)
To manure (land) with chalk.
(RQ:Mortimer Husbandry)
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
(RQ:Tennyson Princess)
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