Also 7 calibeate, chalybiate, chalibiate, 7–8 chalybeat, 7–9 chalibeat(e, 8 challybeat. [app. ad. mod.L. chalybeāt-us: but the regular Lat. form would be chalybāt-us: cf. F. chalybé; f. L. chalybs steel, a. Gr. χάλυψ: see prec. and -ATE.]
A. adj. Impregnated or flavored with iron, esp. as a mineral water or spring; relating to such waters or preparations.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., XXII. xl. (1678), 522. His drink shall be Calibeate-water.
1652. French, Yorksh. Spa, ix. 82. A chalybiate course of Physick.
1655. Culpepper, etc. Riverius, X. v. 293. Chalybeat Vinegar.
1732. Arbuthnot, Rules of Diet, 245. All acidulated and chalybeat Waters.
1753. Bond, in Phil. Trans., XLVIII. 184. I … found the surface … cover’d with a thick scum, like that of a chalybeat Spa.
1816. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, II. 385. The chalybeate waters form the best tonics.
1878. Huxley, Physiogr., 27. Mineral springs … some … chalybeate, others sulphureous.
B. sb. A chalybeate medicine or spring.
1667. N. Fairfax, in Phil. Trans., II. 546. She … took Chalybeats for the Green-sickness.
1753. Bond, in Phil. Trans., XLVIII. 189. A strong and agreeable chalybeat.
1771. Smollett, Humph. Cl., II. 4 July. I have received benefit both from the chalybeate and the sea.
1805. W. Saunders, Min. Waters, 223. The saline chalybeate of Cheltenham.
