chalkyadj.
/ˈtʃɔːki/, U.S. /ˈtʃɔki/, /ˈtʃɑki/ 1. Consisting of or characterized by chalk; abounding in chalk.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > cretaceous
chalkyc1400
cretaceous1681
c1400 Test. Love (1560) Prol. 271 b Some men there been, that painten..with coles and chalke; and yet is there good matter to the leude people of thicke chalkie purtreyture.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 294 Chalkie, or full of chalke.
1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 485 Chalkie cliffes are steept in Brittish seas.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ii. 3 Chaulkie, Clayie, Sandie Earth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 101.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 125 Of a chauchy or brimstony matter.
1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) i. 9 The chalky cliffs salute their longing eyes.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 307 To kneel and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw. View more context for this quotation
1812 Ld. Byron Waltz xiii Round the chalky floor how well they trip.
1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 49 The beech-tree is..in high, chalky, and gravelly soils.
2. Resembling chalk in colour or consistence, chalk-white.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > chalky
chalky1611
chalkisha1657
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as chalk
chalk-whitea1400
chalky1611
chalkisha1657
1611 Bible (King James) Song Three Children i. 22 (margin) Naphtha, which is a certaine kind of fat and chalkie clay.
1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 329 Whom candidate chaulky ambition Draws gaping to her lure.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 158 The colouring is flat and chalky.
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 290 A very white, chalky appearance of the fæces.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 223/3 Chalky white flowers.
3. Pathology. Of the nature of chalk, or of a chalk-stone n. (sense 3), or containing chalk-stones.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > gout > concretion of gout
tophous1634
tophaceous1691
tophose1752
chalky1782
chalkstony1861
1782 Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) 43 It may be..chalky from the gout.
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 351 Bony and chalky concretions.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 320 Chalky calculi consist chiefly of carbonate and phosphate of lime.
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chalky-faced adj.
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1807 Salmagundi 15 Oct. 330 Such a little chalky-faced puppet.
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