单词 | chalybeate |
释义 | chalybeateadj.n. A. adj. Impregnated or flavoured with iron, esp. as a mineral water or spring; relating to such waters or preparations. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > containing metal or iron metallya1398 metalline1626 chalybeate1634 ferrugineous1671 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxii. xl. 866 His drinke shall be chalibeate [1678 calibeate] water. 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ix. 82 A chalybiate Course of Physick. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick x. v. 293 Chalybeat Vinegar. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 245 All acidulated and chalybeat Waters. 1754 J. Bond in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 184 I..found the surface..cover'd with a thick scum, like that of a chalybeat Spa. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 385 The chalybeate waters form the best tonics. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 27 Mineral springs..some..chalybeate, others sulphureous. B. n. A chalybeate medicine or spring. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > miraculous or healing spring1567 chalybeate1667 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicine prepared from iron steel1649 chalybeate1667 potable Mars1694 1667 N. Fairfax in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 546 She..took Chalybeats for the Green-sickness. 1754 J. Bond in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 189 A strong and agreeable chalybeat. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 145 I have received benefit, both from the chalybeate and the sea. 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 223 The saline chalybeate of Cheltenham. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † chalybeatev. Obsolete. transitive. To impregnate with iron. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > impregnate water with iron chalybeate1710 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 20/2 With Chalybeated water. 1609 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 182 A quarte of ale calibeated. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 10 You may Chalybeate any sort of Ale by this easie process. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1634v.1599 |
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