chalkingn.
/ˈtʃɔːkɪŋ/ The action of chalk v.
1. The manuring of land with chalk.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers
marlingc1450
liming1620
chalking1626
sanding1670
shelling1780
straw-burning1799
ashing1842
vermiculture1976
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §596 After the chalking of the Ground.
1875 Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 92. §5 An improvement comprised in either of the three classes following: chalking of land, clay-burning, claying of land.
2. Marking, drawing, writing, etc., with chalk; running up an account (at an alehouse, etc.); tracing out or designing.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance
wissingc1000
rightingOE
guidance?1548
guide1568
guidementa1578
aim1597
chalking1613
sterning1638
light or leading1644
pilotry1842
society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > an account or reckoning
accountc1300
taila1325
laya1400
tale1401
reckoningc1405
tailye1497
accounterc1503
lawing1535
note1587
post1604
chalking1613
tally1614
computus1631
tick1681
tab1889
slate1909
society > communication > indication > marking > [noun] > with chalk
chalking1764
society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > action of recording in writing
recordationa1500
entrance1588
reportinga1626
calendaring1671
entry1712
recordal1822
committal1833
chalking1849
paperwork1861
chronicling1863
overbooking1902
rapportage1903
notarization1930
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 77 Let your steps be stitcht to wisedomes chalking.
1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) i. sig. C1 Till long chalking broke my credit.
1764 (title) Handmaid to the Arts, teaching..means of delineation by off-tracing, chalking, etc.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 13 Chalking Deal, a flat board, upon which the craneman..keeps account of the work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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