Bechalked
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of bechalk form-of, participle, past
"The picture represents him in sore disgrace, mounted on the stool of repentance, crowned with the asinine tiara of tribulation, holding in one hand the virgal rod of anguish, and in the other the slate which has brought him to this evil estate : a slate much bechalked with libellous representations of his dame."
- 1 Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
"In short, it was the Freshman recitation room in old D—, and our earliest recollections of college life still cluster fresh around those black walls, all bechalked with geometric cones and pyramids, and mysterious symbols of algebraic lore."
- 2 Chalk-covered or chalky.
"Go into the wealthiest and gayest quarters of the town and you shall see maidens of fifteen tripping along in scores with their young cheeks bechalked and bedizened in a manner that almost puts to the shame a coryphée of the grand opera."
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More examples"In short, it was the Freshman recitation room in old D—, and our earliest recollections of college life still cluster fresh around those black walls, all bechalked with geometric cones and pyramids, and mysterious symbols of algebraic lore."
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