chalk
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1. chalk - Noun
2. chalk - Verb
3. Chalk - Proper noun
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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.
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Acrylics are very useful in mixed media, allowing the use of pastel (oil & chalk), charcoal and pen (among others) on top of the dried acrylic painted surface.
A gleefully juvenile romp, this goofy, blood-thirsty, unabashedly juvenile feature directorial debut from visual effects artist Jason Lei Howden () is nutty, gory, and chalk full of awesome silliness.
American Crayon Known for their chalk crayons, the American Crayon Company in Sandusky, OH spread out to the wax crayon market in 1902.
After the end of the First World War, a chalk quarry known as the Swamps was identified as Charlton's new ground, and in the summer of 1919 work began to create the level playing area and remove debris from the site.
Although traditionally composed of natural chalk, modern blackboard chalk is generally made from the mineral gypsum ( calcium sulfate ), often supplied in sticks of compressed powder about 10 cm (4 in) long.
Although this offered great opportunities, he recalls in his autobiography that the only equipment provided to him was a blackboard and piece of chalk.