chaulk
English edit
Etymology edit
See chalk.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔk/, /t͡ʃɑk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Noun edit
chaulk (countable and uncountable, plural chaulks)
- (obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) Alternative spelling of chalk
- 1597, Wiltshire Record Society, Wiltshire Record Society[1], 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, edited by Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter, The journal of Mary Freman Caesar, 1724-1741, published 2002:
- 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)[2], 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[3], volumes 16-18:
- This will pull charcoal chaulk or pencil particles from the paper up to the polyester.
Verb edit
chaulk (third-person singular simple present chaulks, present participle chaulking, simple past and past participle chaulked)
- (obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) Alternative spelling of chalk