Definition of "chalybeate" [cha•lyb•e•ate]

• Impregnated with or containing salts of iron. (adjective)
• Tasting like iron, as water from a mineral spring. (adjective)
• Water or medicine containing iron in solution. (noun)

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• "It will dissolve to some extent in water containing carbon dioxide, just as will calcium carbonate, and waters containing it are called chalybeate waters."
• "He pronounced each syllable of the word "chalybeate" very clearly, for it was a newly learned word, and he was proud of his ability to use it."
• "We drank of every variety of water excepting pure water -- sometimes iron, sometimes sulphur; and, indeed, every kind of chalybeate, for every rill was impregnated in some way or another."