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chalkstone


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chalkstone  \Chalk"stone`\,  n. 
  1.  A  mass  of  chalk. 
 
  As  chalkstones  .  .  .  beaten  in  sunder.  --Isa.  xxvii. 
  9. 
 
  2.  (Med.)  A  chalklike  concretion,  consisting  mainly  of  urate 
  of  sodium,  found  in  and  about  the  small  joints,  in  the 
  external  ear,  and  in  other  situations,  in  those  affected 
  with  gout;  a  tophus.