Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old copper coin of Ceylon, equal to about one fourth of a United States cent.
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Examples
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Habitat prope Maucr Auitriae inferioris» chaly - 588 - C. nigro • aeneus immaculatus.
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Magnesia aeratafiUceo adunata* Haec in Acidis effervefcit et non raro ad chaly - bem fcintillat,
Torberni Bergman, ... sciagraphia regni mineralis: secundum principia proxima digesti Torbern Bergman 1783
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Lichenojdcs cade rigido, inftar fili chaly* beit CELS* Catip. 30.
Spicilegium florae Goettingensis: plantas inprimis cryptogamicas Hercyniae ... 1778
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