CHALK LINE

PRONUNCIATION: (CHAWK lyn)

MEANING: noun:
1. A standard of proper behavior.
2. A line made with chalk or a similar substance.

ETYMOLOGY: From chalk, from Old English cealc, from Latin calx (lime) + line, from Old French ligne (line), from Latin linum (flax). Earliest documented use: 1450.
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CHALK PINE - a kind of fir tree with very pale wood

CHALKALINE - a writing implement that neutralizes the acid in cheap paper

CHALK LANE - a row of boxes, in a big-city sidewalk, devoted to people drawing graffiti and pictures