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Definition of French chalk

French chalk
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.

Meaning of French chalk from wikipedia

- that had settled to the sea floor. Chalk is common throughout Western Europe, where deposits underlie parts of France, and steep cliffs are often seen where...
- The France-based Luzenac Group is the world's largest supplier of mined talc. Its largest talc mine at Trimouns near Luzenac in southern France produces...
- Look up chalk or Chalk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chalk is a type of sedimentary rock, composed predominantly of calcium carbonate. Chalk may also...
- The Chalk Line (Spanish: Jaula; transl. 'Cage') is a 2022 Spanish mystery psychological thriller film directed by Ignacio Tatay (in his feature debut)...
- I saw the pink mixture of the chocolate fish. In big boxes there was French chalk, with the shapes of the fish in them. "Marshmallow ice-cream conquered"...
- Chalk River Laboratories (French: Laboratoires de Chalk River; also known as CRL, Chalk River Labs and formerly Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, CRNL)...
- roughening the tube surface to be patched) and sometimes even a block of French chalk), wrenches, hex keys, ****drivers, and a chain tool. Special, thin wrenches...
- Trois crayons (French: [tʁwɑ kʁɛjɔ̃]; French for 'three pencils') is a drawing technique using three colors of chalk: red (sanguine), black (a type of...
- de Witt Clinton Hitch****. The first step in his process is to reduce French chalk or talc to an extremely fine state of division by repeated grindings...
- The Chalk Group (often just called the Chalk) is the lithostratigraphic unit (a certain number of rock strata) which contains the Upper Cretaceous limestone...