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▪ I. ‖ chay, choy, chaya|tʃeɪ, tʃaɪ, tʃɔɪ, ˈtʃaɪa|
Also 6 saia, 8 shaii, 9 choya, chey, chay-root, shaya-root.
[ad. Tamil saya, in other Indian vernaculars shaya, chaya.]
The root of the Indian plant Oldenlandia umbellata (family Cinconaceæ), used to give a deep red dye to Indian cottons.
1598tr. Caesar Frederike (c 1566) in Hakluyt (Y.) Died with a roote which they call saia. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. 370 (Y.) The famous dye called Shaii. 1807Ann. Reg. 874 The chaya, or red dye-root of the coast. 1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & P. v. 78 Chay-root, yielding the red dye which figures on Indian chintzes. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 373 The dye-root called chay..which furnished the durable red. 1860Tennent Ceylon II. 55 Choya-roots, a substitute for Madder. 1866Treas. Bot. 809/1 The celebrated red turbans of Madura are dyed with chayroot.
▪ II. chay
Vulgar corruption of chaise n. [as if this had been a plural word chay-s; cf. cherry, Chinee, pea]; cf. also shay.
1764Foote Mayor of G. i. i, There's Mr. Sneak keeps my sister a chay. 1771Mackenzie Man Feel. xxxiii (1803) 56 The pleasure of keeping a chay of one's own. 1814F. Burney Wanderer III. 77 You know our chay-cart of old. 1839Dickens Tuggs's at Ramsg., Sk. Boz 369 ‘How shall we go?’..‘A chay?’ suggested Mr. Joseph Tuggs. ‘Chaise,’ whispered Mr. Cymon. ‘I should think one would be enough,’ said Mr. Joseph. ‘However, two chays, if you like.’ |