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▪ I. ‖ chunam|tʃuˈnɑm|
Forms: 7– chinam, chenam, 8– chunam.
[Tamil chŭṇṇam lime, ground mortar, f. Skt. chūrṇa any powder, lime, f. chūrṇ to pulverize.]
Cement or plaster largely used in India, made of shell-lime and sea-sand.
1687Madras Consultations in Wheeler I. 168 (Y.) Stores of Brick, Iron, Stones, and Chenam. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. i. v. 40 The Natives chew it with Chinam (Lime of calcined Oyster-Shells). 1763Verelst in Phil. Trans. LIII. 266 Our new room..as strong as bricks and chunam could make it. 1799Naval Chron. II. 51 The Chunam used in the East Indies to cover the bottoms of ships. 1832Marryat N. Forster xxxviii, A..hall, coated and floored with chunam. 1857S. Osborn Quedah iv. 58 A small box of fine white chunam, made from the lime procured from burnt sea-shells. 1865J. Cameron Malay. Ind. 76 Kept beautifully white with chenam.
b. attrib.
1791Anderson Corr. 63 The Farmer..has a Brick and Chunam Vat. 1813J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. 208 Chunam Coverings of Temples. 1847Mrs. Sherwood Life 448 On the cold chunam floor. 1859Lang Wand. India 149 The head of the chunam tomb.
▪ II. ‖ chuˈnam, v.
[f. prec.]
To cover or plaster with chunam. Hence chuˈnammed ppl. a.
1687in Wheeler Madras I. 168 (Y.) To get..jars..to put wheat in, and chenam them up. 1850T. C. Drysdale Jrnl. Ind. Archipelago 163 Boats payed with blacking, or even chunamed. 1865J. Cameron Malay. Ind. 76 The pillars and walls are chenammed to a snowy whiteness. 1859R. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. XXIX. 46 A long upper room..which opens upon a chunamed terrace. |