chaulk

plural chaulks

1. alternativecountablenonstandardobsoleterareuncountableAlternative spelling of chalk.

   Apelles Not drew liker in charcole then he in Chaulk.

   1724-1741, Mary Freman Caesar, edited by Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter, The journal of Mary Freman Caesar, 1724-1741, published 2002

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   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

   1597, Wiltshire Record Society, Wiltshire Record Society, volume 57, published 2005

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

   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

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

   1985, Genealogy Club of America, Genealogy digest, volumes 16-18

present singular third person chaulks · participle present chaulking · participle past chaulked · past chaulked

1. alternativenonstandardobsoleterareAlternative spelling of chalk.

   This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes.

   1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC