chayn.¹

/tʃeɪ/

/tʃʌɪ/

/tʃɔɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s saya, 1700s shaii, 1800s chaya, chey, choy choya.

Etymology: < Tamil saya, in other Indian vernaculars shaya, chaya. N.E.D. (1889) enters this under the triple headword chay, choy, chaya and gives the pronunciations (tʃēⁱ, tʃai, tʃoi) /tʃeɪ/, /tʃaɪ/, /tʃɔɪ/ (for the first two forms) and (tʃai·a) /ˈtʃaɪa/ (for the third).

The root of the Indian plant Oldenlandia umbellata (family Cinconaceæ), used to give a deep red dye to Indian cottons. Also chay root.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

madderOE

grain1335

alkanet1343

Brazilc1386

crop-maddera1399

red-scarletc1400

alcanna?a1425

lac?c1425

madder root?c1450

incarnationa1475

jarecork1483

orchil1483

mull1507

orcanet1548

Bristol-red1551

red sanders1553

cochineal1582

safflower1583

chay1588

Pernambuco1595

red sanderswood1598

redwood1634

peach woodc1638

scarlet1653

mesteque1667

bow-dye1676

sylvester1697

corkir1703

gamene1703

orchilla1703

crap1721

saffranon1731

kino1788

Turkey red1789

lizary1791

granilla1812

munjeet1813

rubiate1835

orcein1838

purpurin1839

ruby wood1843

sassafrid1852

aal1853

pink salt1853

magenta1860

fuchsine1865

paeonin1865

safranine1868

corallin1873

marina1874

Magdala red1875

alizarin1878

eosin1879

Turkey red oil1879

roccelline1880

ponceau1885

amarant1888

phloxine1890

hypernic1897

Turkish red1900

Lithol red1930

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 17 Red Yarne, which they dye with a roote called Saya.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxx. 370 The famous Dye called Shaii.

1807 Ann. Reg. 874 The chaya, or red dye-root of the coast.

1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls v. 78 Chay-root, yielding the red dye which figures on Indian chintzes.

1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 373 The dye-root called chay..which furnished the colouring matter of the durable red.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vi. ii. 54 Choya-roots, a substitute for madder.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 809/1 The celebrated red turbans of Madura are dyed with chayroot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chayn.²

Etymology: Corruption of chaise n. (as if this had been a plural word chay-s ; compare cherry n., Chinee (see Chinese n.), pea n.²); cf. also shay n.¹

= chaise n.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > strong, for travelling > chaise or post-chaise

post-chaise1699

chaise1709

shay1717

post-chay1757

chay1764

po-chay1813

Jack1816

1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 22 There's Mr. Sneak keeps my sister a chay.

1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (1803) xxxiii. 56 The pleasure of keeping a chay of one's own.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. 77 You know our chay-cart of old.

1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 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.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	chay
释义	chayn.¹ /tʃeɪ//tʃʌɪ//tʃɔɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s saya, 1700s shaii, 1800s chaya, chey, choy choya. Etymology: < Tamil saya, in other Indian vernaculars shaya, chaya. N.E.D. (1889) enters this under the triple headword chay, choy, chaya and gives the pronunciations (tʃēⁱ, tʃai, tʃoi) /tʃeɪ/, /tʃaɪ/, /tʃɔɪ/ (for the first two forms) and (tʃai·a) /ˈtʃaɪa/ (for the third). The root of the Indian plant Oldenlandia umbellata (family Cinconaceæ), used to give a deep red dye to Indian cottons. Also chay root. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 17 Red Yarne, which they dye with a roote called Saya. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxx. 370 The famous Dye called Shaii. 1807 Ann. Reg. 874 The chaya, or red dye-root of the coast. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls v. 78 Chay-root, yielding the red dye which figures on Indian chintzes. 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 373 The dye-root called chay..which furnished the colouring matter of the durable red. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vi. ii. 54 Choya-roots, a substitute for madder. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 809/1 The celebrated red turbans of Madura are dyed with chayroot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chayn.² Etymology: Corruption of chaise n. (as if this had been a plural word chay-s ; compare cherry n., Chinee (see Chinese n.), pea n.²); cf. also shay n.¹ = chaise n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > strong, for travelling > chaise or post-chaise post-chaise1699 chaise1709 shay1717 post-chay1757 chay1764 po-chay1813 Jack1816 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 22 There's Mr. Sneak keeps my sister a chay. 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (1803) xxxiii. 56 The pleasure of keeping a chay of one's own. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. 77 You know our chay-cart of old. 1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 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.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1588n.²1764
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