Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHALK
CHALK, v.t.
- To rub with chalk; to mark with chalk.
- To manure with chalk, as land.
- From the use of chalk in marking lines, the phrase to chalk out is used to signify, to lay out, draw out, or describe; as, to chalk out a plan of proceeding.
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