資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
{Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
{Red coral} (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
{Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
the English.
(b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
cross}, under {Geneva}.
{Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
{Red deer}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
(b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
{Red duck} (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
{Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
{Red empress} (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
{Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
{Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
{Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
{Red fox} (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
{Red grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
under {Ptarmigan}.
{Red gum}, or {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
{Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
also {Badge of Ulster}.
{Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.
Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
{Calz}, and {Cawk}.]
1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
and having the same composition as common limestone.
2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
{Crayon}.
{Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
of argillaceous slate.
{By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
--Lowell.
{Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
{Crayon}.
{Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under
{Cretaceous}.
{Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for 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 chalk is dug.
{Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.
{French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
mineral.
{Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
used by painters and artificers; reddle.