Chaulk
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of chalk. alt-of, alternative, countable, nonstandard, obsolete, rare, uncountable
"At Compton Chamberlayne in 1597 the surveyor noted that, '. . . there is a chaulk pytt at the south-west corner of Compton arable fields neere the bottom of the Downe, where the tenants doe fetche Chaulk for manuringe theyr Lands"
- 1 Alternative spelling of chalk. alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, obsolete, rare
"This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes."
Example
More examples"At Compton Chamberlayne in 1597 the surveyor noted that, '. . . there is a chaulk pytt at the south-west corner of Compton arable fields neere the bottom of the Downe, where the tenants doe fetche Chaulk for manuringe theyr Lands"
Etymology
See chalk.
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