chocolate (chokolat)

and a. [= D. Dan. chokolade = G. chocolade = Sw. chocolad = F. chocolat = It. cioccolata, der its native name of chocolatl , had been used as a bev- erage by the Mexicans for ages before their country was conquered by the Spaniards. See cacao and cocoa2 . 2. The beverage made by di olving chocolate in boiling water or milk. The wretch [a sylph] shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling mill, In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow, And tremble at the sea that froths below! Pope, R. of the L., ii. 135. II. a. 1. Having the color of chocolate; of a dark reddish-brown color: as, chocolate cloth. -2. Made of or flavored with chocolate: as, chocolate cake or ice-cream. - Chocolate lead, a pigment composed of oxid of lead calcined with about one third of oxid of copper, the whole being reduced to a uniform tint by levigation.