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Definition of Chalk out

1. Verb. Make a sketch of. "Sketch the building"

Definition of Chalk out

1. Verb. (transitive) To write down using chalk ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) to make (plans); to sketch ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalk Out

Literary usage of Chalk out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein, Not Only the Words, But Also, the by John Walters (1828)
"To chalk out, [delineate, mark, or with chalk] Tynnu 11 mi (darlunio, ... To chalk out, [Mei. shew, pointout, on Dangos, mynegi, ..."

2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"They may chalk out other excellencies and expect • to realize them with equal success. While, therefore, we are making the acquaintance of new breeds of ..."

3. Journal of the East India Association by East India Association (London, England) (1870)
"I hope Sir Arthur Cotton will not speak generally, but that he will chalk out on the map the particular lines of canals he recommends should be carried out. ..."

4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"There are other expressions connected with chalk, such as ' to know chalk from cheese,' 'to chalk out,' etc., but these hardly find a place here. ..."

5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"Well, you just chalk out a place the size of a blanket anywhere on the tin that ain't already marked off, you know, and that's your property. ..."

6. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"chalk out, or CHALK DOWN, to mark out a line of conduct or action ; to make a rule or order. Phrase derived from the Workshop. Chalk up, to credit, ..."

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