Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHI'AN, a.

Pertaining to Chios, an isle in the Levant. Chian earth, a medicinal, dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent, and a cosmetic. – Encyc. Chian turpentine, or Cyprus turpentine, is procured from the Pistacia Terebinthus. It is of the consistence of honey, clear and of a yellowish white.