chalybeate

/kuh-lib-ee-it, -eyt/US // kəˈlɪb i ɪt, -ˌeɪt //UK // (kəˈlɪbɪɪt) //

鳞片状,鳞片状物,鳞片,鳞片人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : containing or impregnated with salts of iron, as a mineral spring or medicine.

n.名词 noun

Both are used as chalybeate tonics, either in the form of pills or dissolved in hot water.
The antidote was excellent; cooling, fortifying; 'quite a chalybeate,' her aunt would say, and she was thankful.
Quickly she hurried away and found the miller seated on his favourite rustic bench near the chalybeate spring.
It was, however, observed, that chalybeate-springs were numerous close to the water's edge.
It is a tonic or chalybeate, and, as this goes to press, is being retubed.