chalkstone

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noun

A mass or piece of chalk.

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nounchalkstone (plural chalkstones)

plural chalkstones

  1. obsoleteA mass or piece of chalk.

    [W]hen he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 27:9
  2. medicineA chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.

    [T]he thoughts of his breeding Gout so fast shocks me: it has beside all the rest made a Deposit in the Great Toe—I mean in the Joint, as if intending a Chalkstone.

    1794 January 23, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout

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Origin

  1. Old Englishċealcstān
  2. Englishchalkstone

From Old English ċealcstān, equivalent to chalk + stone.

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chalkstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalkstone

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“chalkstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalkstone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalkstone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalkstone.

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