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Chalk
·vt To rub or mark with chalk. II. Chalk ·vt To manure with chalk, as land. III. Chalk ·vt To make...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
chalk
Not by a long chalk. When a person attempts to effect a particular object, in which he fails, we say...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Stones
Besides the ordinary uses to which stones were applied, we may mention that large stones were set up...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
to chalk out
To mark or trace out as with chalk.--Johnson. To chalk out a plan or proceeding, is to devise or lay...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
chalk, to
To cut. ♦ To walk one's chalks, to run off; also, an ordeal for drunkenness, to see whether the su...

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Stones, Precious
Frequently referred to (1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chr. 3:6; 9:10; Rev. 18:16; 21:19). There are about twenty d...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
gun-stones
An old term for cannon-balls, from stones having been first supplied to the ordnance and used for th...

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hipping-stones
See hipper ...

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Stones, Precious
Precious stones are frequently alluded to in Scriptures; they were known and very highly valued in t...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
to walk the chalk
To walk straight. "The Tallapoosa volunteers," said Capt. Suggs; "so let every body look out and wa...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
run of stones
A pair of mill-stones is called a run of stones when in operation or placed in a mill. The Rochester...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.