chaulk

chaulk

English

Etymology

See chalk.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tʃɑk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tʃɔːk/

Noun

chaulk (countable and uncountable, plural chaulks)

1. (obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) Alternative spelling of chalk
   • 1597, Wiltshire Record Society, Wiltshire Record Society‎, volume 57, published 2005:

     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

   • 1724-1741, Mary Freman Caesar, Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter, editor, The journal of Mary Freman Caesar, 1724-1741:

     Apelles Not drew liker in charcole then he in Chaulk.

   • a 1809, Matthew Boulton, quoting Nicholas Goodison, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, quoted in Ormolu: the work of Matthew Boulton, published 1974:

     Bees-wax 2 8 Verdegrees 1 Red chaulk 2 Allum 0 2 Borax 0 2 Sal ammoniack

   • 1985, Genealogy Club of America, Genealogy digest‎, volume 16-18:

     This will pull charcoal chaulk or pencil particles from the paper up to the polyester.

Verb

chaulk (third-person singular simple present chaulks, present participle chaulking, simple past and past participle chaulked)

1. (obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) Alternative spelling of chalk

Anagrams

• kulcha