Definition of Chalibeate

Definition of Chalibeate

Cha*lyb"e*ate (?), a. [NL. chalybeatus, fr. chalubeïus. See Chalubean.] Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

Cha*lyb"e*ate, n. Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flavored with mineral salts, esp. a mineral water that was a vougish general remedy during the 17th-19th century

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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