The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chalk \Chalk\ (ch[add]k), n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]
(Min.) 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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(Fine Arts) 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.
Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.
By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
--Lowell.Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon.
Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous.
Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work.
Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants.
Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under Cretaceous.
Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug.
Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1.
French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian mineral.
Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and used by painters and artificers; reddle.
Usage examples of "chalk drawing".
The witch had probably tried something simple, and when that didn't work, she'd begun to work on the chalk drawing, complete with runes and the whole nine yards.
Simply being close to it made me feel small and insignificant, simple and undeveloped, like a chalk drawing next to the Mona Lisa.
In the plaza the crowd disappeared like a chalk drawing in the rain.
Obligingly enough, Tommy had left a chalk drawing of a motorcar on the damp basement wall.
Suddenly it swung stern on to them and disappeared as quickly as if somebody had wiped it out, like rubbing a chalk drawing off a blackboard.