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pierced, cut away, or made translucent in such a way as to form a design
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A surface coating used for interior decorating, most often found on ceilings, allowing the decorator to add a texture. It formerly contained asbestos, now known to be harmful.
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an arc struck between the tip of a carbon electrode and a piece of metal being welded
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(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
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The fine white powder remaining after chalk is erased from a chalkboard
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(countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
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(obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) Alternative spelling of chalk [(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).]
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stop-motion animation where each animated piece is made from a deformable substance, typically Plasticine clay.
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One who applies copper coatings.
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(construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
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(obsolete) The soldering or uniting of metals.
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A type of steatite, used to mark cloth and as a lubricant in shoes, gloves etc.
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The cutting of glass to make objects from it.
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(photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
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A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of gypsum, capable of cementing together with other materials.
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(intransitive) To become stone or stony.
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A form of concrete in which lime is used in place of cement.
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A children's drawing toy with a sheet of plastic film laid over waxed paper, allowing pictures to be "drawn" by the pressure of a stylus and then wiped clean by lifting and replacing the sheet.
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A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the process of making Bessemer steel.
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An artist who creates marbled papers.
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Alternative spelling of metalled [(of a road) Surfaced, tarred, covered in stone or crushed rock (usually tar-coated).]
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A malleable substance used in building models and sculpting.
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Alternative spelling of modeling clay [A malleable substance used in building models and sculpting.]
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A machine that vigorously shakes a can of paint in order to blend different colors.
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(UK) Synonym of sidewalk chalk
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Architectural work executed in plaster.
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Alternative form of playdough. [Modeling clay for children.]
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The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold from quartz.
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A hemisphere of glass used as a magnifier when placed with its flat side against a surface with text.
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A technique for producing semi-solid metal castings, which develops the slurry from the molten metal produced in a typical die-casting furnace.
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latten polished on both sides ready for use
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(US) A colored chalk-like substance, made from paint, plaster of Paris, etc., used for drawing on sidewalks or cement.
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A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood; often made from animal skins.
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A pencil designed to be used on a writing slate.
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Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
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Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
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Alternative form of spray paint [paint applied in the form of a spray, especially from an aerosol can.]
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Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
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A chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric in tailoring and dressmaking. The marks are brushed or washed off the material when no longer needed.
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(transitive) To coat (something, especially steel sheet) with tin, either by dipping or electroplating.
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