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Chalk line
Chalk Chalk, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.] 1. (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. 2. (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.

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- The Chalk Line (Spanish: Jaula; transl. 'Cage') is a 2022 Spanish mystery psychological thriller film directed by Ignacio Tatay (in his feature debut)...
- A chalk line or chalk box is a tool for marking long, straight lines on relatively flat surfaces, much ****her than is practical by hand or with a straightedge...
- surface Chalk carving – Method of shaping chalk Chalk line – Tool for marking straight lines Chalk stream – Rivers rising from chalk bedrock Chalking the...
- string texture (shape of the string), and rebound efficiency. A chalk line or chalk box is a tool for marking long, straight lines on relatively flat...
- A chalk outline is a temporary outline, usually of a person, drawn on the ground, usually outlining evidence at a crime scene. The outline provides context...
- Chalk Farm is a London Underground station near Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line between...
- best known for his work on the films The Summer We Lived (2020), The Chalk Line (2022), and the television series La peste (2018–2019). Pablo Molinero...
- born in 1873, wrote in 1954 that his grandparents told him about the chalk-line walk/cakewalk as a child, but had no information about its origins. In...
- follow-ups, "I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball" (no. 5, 1950) and "Walkin' The Chalk Line" (no. 10, 1951) also made the chart before a break of almost two years...
- was released on Playz. In 2020 she filmed the Spanish horror film The Chalk Line, directed by Ignacio Tatay. "Esther Acebo". ecartelera.com. Retrieved...