1. Noun
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. Noun
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.
3. Verb
To rub or mark with chalk.
4. Verb
To manure with chalk, as land.
5. Verb
To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
6. Noun
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
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7. Noun
a soft whitish calcite
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
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