Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHAL'CITE
CHAL-CED'O-NYXCHAL-COG'RA-PHER, or CHAL-COG'RA-PHIST
CHAL'CITE, n. [Gr. χαλκος, brass.]
Sulphate of iron or a red color, so far calcined as to have lost a considerable part of its acid. – Fourcroy.
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