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bechalking

bechalking is the present participle and gerund of bechalk.

Meaning of bechalk

Verb

bechalk (third-person singular simple present bechalks, present participle bechalking, simple past and past participle bechalked)

  1. (archaic) To cover with chalk, or whiten as if with chalk.
    • Let fear give worse intelligence through your eyes, Make pale your lips, and so bechalk your cheeks That he shall stare as wild!1840, George Darley, Thomas À Becket: A Dramatic Chronicle, in Five Acts, page 51

Questions about bechalking

What is bechalking the present participle and gerund of?
Bechalking is the present participle and gerund of bechalk.

Words near bechalking in the dictionary

  1. Becerril
  2. Becerrils
  3. bechained
  4. bechalk
  5. bechalked
  6. bechalking
  7. bechalks
  8. bechamel
  9. bechamel sauce
  10. bechamels
  11. bechance

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