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Webster 1913 Edition

Cawk

Cawk

(ka̤k)
,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
cauk
limestone. A doublet of
chalk
.]
(Min.)
An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.
[Also written
cauk
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Cawk

CAWK

,
Noun.
A name given by miners to certain specimens of the compact sulphate of baryte. These are of a white, gray or fawn color, often irregular in figure, but sometimes resembling a number of small convex lenses set in a ground.
This name is sometimes given to masses composed of concentric lamellar concretions.

Definition 2024

cawk

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English

Noun

**** ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cawks)

  1. Alternative form of cauk

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