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▪ I. chalybeate, a. and n.|kəˈlɪbiːət|
Also 7 calibeate, chalybiate, chalibiate, 7–8 chalybeat, 7–9 chalibeat(e, 8 challybeat.
[app. ad. mod.L. chalybeāt-us: but the regular Lat. form. would be chalybāt-us: cf. F. chalybé; f. L. chalybs steel, a. Gr. χάλυψ: see prec. and -ate.]
A. adj. Impregnated or flavoured with iron, esp. as a mineral water or spring; relating to such waters or preparations.
1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. xxii. xl. (1678) 522 His drink shall be Calibeate-water. 1652French Yorksh. Spa ix. 82 A chalybiate Course of Physick. 1655Culpepper Riverius x. v. 293 Chalybeat Vinegar. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 245 All acidulated and chalybeat Waters. 1753Bond in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 184, I..found the surface..cover'd with a thick scum, like that of a chalybeat Spa. 1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 385 The chalybeate waters form the best tonics. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 27 Mineral springs..some..chalybeate, others sulphureous.
B. n. A chalybeate medicine or spring.
1667N. Fairfax in Phil. Trans. II. 546 She..took Chalybeats for the Green-sickness. 1753Bond in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 189 A strong and agreeable chalybeat. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. II. 4 July, I have received benefit both from the chalybeate and the sea. 1805W. Saunders Min. Waters 223 The saline chalybeate of Cheltenham.
▪ II. † chaˈlybeate, v. Obs.
[f. as prec.: it occurs first in the ppl. adj. chaˈlybeated = prec.: see -ate3.]
trans. To impregnate with iron.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 20/2 With Chalybeated water. 1609Shuttleworth Acc. (1856) I. 182 A quarte of ale calibeated. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 10 You may Chalybeate any sort of Ale by this easie process. |