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1. chalk n.

40 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Soft limestone, chalk, or a piece of it; chalk ston; also, lime; line and chalk, string and chalk (as used by carpenters); chalk line; (b) chalk hil; chalk lond; chalk pit, a chalk or lime quarry……

2. cocatrīce n.

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(a) The basilisk [see the *Trev.Barth. quots. for the folklore of this 'serpent']; (b) confused with the crocodile; (c) alch. see quot. …

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