Middle English Dictionary Entry
chalkī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | chalkī adj. |
| Etymology | From noun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Consisting of limestone or chalk; (b) white.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)21 : There is white chalky grounde.
b
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)1/17 : Some men there ben that peynten with. coles and chalke; and yet is there good matere to the leude people of thilke chalky purtreyture.