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Spanish chalk

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(Min.) a kind of steatite; - so called because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
- Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

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Moliere set to work tracing out lines on the mirror, with a piece of Spanish chalk, following in all the make of my arms and my shoulders, all the while expounding this maxim, which I thought admirable: 'It is advisable that a dress should not incommode its wearer.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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