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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[NL.

chalybeatus

, fr.

chalubeïus

. See

Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron;

as,

chalybeate

springs

Noun.

Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

Adj.

Impregnated with particles of iron; as chalybeate waters.

Noun.

Any water or other liquor into which iron enters.