[cha.ly.be.ate] adj [prob. fr. NL chalybeatus, irreg. fr. L chalybs steel, fr. Gk chalyb-, chalyps, fr. Chalybes, ancient people in Asia Minor] (1634): impregnated with salts of iron; also: having a taste due to iron "~ springs"
[2]chalybeate n (1667): a chalybeate liquid or medicine