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(1):

(n.) 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):

(n.) 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):

(v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

(4):

(v. t.) To manure with chalk, as land.

(5):

(v. t.) To rub or mark with chalk.