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Cheltenham|ˈtʃɛlt(ə)nəm|
[Name of a town in Gloucestershire.]
1. Used attrib. to designate the chalybeate waters of the springs there, or the salts left by the evaporation of these waters (see also quot. 1848).
1783S. Moreau Tour to Cheltenham Spa 42 Old men drink Cheltenham water by the quart. Ibid. 47 They..take a gentle dose of Cheltenham salts, or some other opening medicine, as their physician thinks best suited. 1819Shelley Let. 23–24 Jan. (1964) II. 76, I..have been using mercury & Cheltenham salts with much caution and some success. 1837Penny Cycl. VII. 31/1 The persons most benefited by the Cheltenham waters are those who, after a long residence in hot climates, are affected with diseased liver. 1848Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7), Cheltenham Salts, these are sometimes made from the waters; at others, factitiously... Cheltenham Water, Artificial, may be made of Epsom salt, gr. xij, iron filings, gr. j: [etc.]. 1874Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 142 The so-called Cheltenham salts consist chiefly of sulphate of soda.
2. Any of several varieties of type-fount (see quots.). orig. U.S.
1910E. G. Gress Art & Pract. Typogr. ii. 150/1 Automatic harmony is possible with that remarkable type creation, the ‘Cheltenham Family’, developed by the American Type Founders Company. Cheltenham Oldstyle, from which the dozen other Cheltenhams are descended, was born in the brains of Bertram G. Goodhue..and Ingalls Kimball, of the Cheltenham Press, New York. 1917F. S. Henry Printing for School & Shop iii. 79 Cheltenham Oldstyle... A Capital R of Thirty-six-point Cheltenham. This paragraph has been set in Cheltenham to show the long ascenders so characteristic of the family group. 1968‘E. McBain’ Fuzz ix. 145 The city's other afternoon paper..was next to feature the notes on its front page..in 24-point Cheltenham Bold. |