chay

-- There is a plant called chay, the _Oldenlandia umbellata_, which is extensively cultivated as a dye plant in the East, especially on the coasts of Coromandel, Nellore, Masulipatam, Malabar, and other parts of India.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

Save the whites or the greys, our friends in the 'chay' were not sufficiently near to descry the colours of the horses; but Mr. Sponge could not help thinking that he recognized the outline of the wicked chestnut, Multum-in-Parvo.

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

Naughty Blossom was riding the horse that ought to have gone in the 'chay' to Jawleyford

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

So he was dumb, silent and glum, as the small "chay" he drew,

Sketches — Volume 04 Robert Seymour 1818

So he was dumb, silent and glum, as the small "chay" he drew,

Sketches — Complete Robert Seymour 1818

"Tis quite a fag, this 'chay' to drag -- the babbies too is cross,

Sketches — Volume 04 Robert Seymour 1818

"Tis quite a fag, this 'chay' to drag -- the babbies too is cross,

Sketches — Complete Robert Seymour 1818

When you a shop and converse with the shop owner, he will usually offer you chay, the ubiquitous brown Turkish tea.

The Weary Traveler | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

I would never get to read Neatorama if I cruised that site all day. chay

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I would never get to read Neatorama if I cruised that site all day. chay

Explore the Victoria and Albert Museum Online 2009