CHALYBEATE

adj. Ka2l-i2b'e-at. Gr., x?*"0fiu>s (from XOL\v\jf, steel). Lat., chalybeatus. Fr., chalybe, aciere. Ger., stahlhaltig, stahlartig, eisenhaltig. lt.,cal i be a to, acciajato. Sp.,/errginoso. Containing steel or iron; having a taste like iron, or, in natural history, having the color of iron. As a n., a substance containing iron, especially one used medicinally. [B, 116; L, 180.J [s. 197]