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<hw>Cha*lyb"e*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>chalybeatus</ets>, fr. <ets>chalube\'8bus</ets>. See <er>Chalubean</er>.]</ety> <def>Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; <as>as, <ex>chalybeate</ex> springs</as>.</def>

<h1>Chalybeate</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cha*lyb"e*ate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.</def>

<h1>Chalybeous</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cha*lyb"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.</def>

<h1>Chalybite</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Chal"y*bite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native iron carbonate; -- usually called <i>siderite</i>.</def>

<h1>Cham</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cham</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chap</er>.]</ety> <def>To chew.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Cham</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cham</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Khan</er>.]</ety> <def>The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written <asp>khan</asp>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chamade</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cha*made</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chamade</ets>, fr. Pg. <ets>chamada</ets>, fr. <ets>chamar</ets> to call, fr. L. <ets>clamare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.</def>

<blockquote>They beat the <b>chamade</b>, and sent us carte blanche. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chamal</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cha"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Angora goat. See <cref>Angora goat</cref>, under <er>Angora</er>.</def>

<h1>Chamber</h1> <Xpage=237>

<hw>Cham"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chambre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>camera</ets> vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. <?/ anything with a vaulted roof or arched covering; cf. Skr. <ets>kmar</ets> to be crooked. Cf. <er>Camber</er>, <er>Camera</er>, <er>Comrade</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; <as>as, the house had four <ex>chambers</ex></as>.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Apartments in a lodging house.</def> "A bachelor's life in <i>chambers</i>."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; <as>as, presence <ex>chamber</ex>; senate <ex>chamber</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; <as>as, the <ex>Chamber</ex> of Deputies; the <ex>Chamber</ex> of Commerce.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; <as>as, the <ex>chamber</ex> of a canal lock; the <ex>chamber</ex> of a furnace; the <ex>chamber</ex> of the eye.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Law.)</fld> <def>A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.</def>