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 calque /ˈkælk/

 Calk v. t.  To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also calque]

 Calque, v. t. See 2d Calk, v. t.
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 calque
      n : an expression introduced into one language by translating it
          from another language [syn: loan translation]