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making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work. -- Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants. -- Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under Cretaceous. -- Chalk pit, a pit in which…

or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.

rts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n.

An association of workmen in a printing office. Chapel of ease.

Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. Shak.

To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.

s. Wordsworth. Sisters of Charity (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.

f magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation. My high charms work. Shak.

A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

eral points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. Dryden.

Checkerwork.

Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.

The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.

n army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the pricipal actio or agent.

boy or a child, I wonder Shak. To be with child, to be pregnant. -- Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.