Challis
[ʃælis;]
Definition
(n.) A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.
Editor: Percival
Definition
n. a fine fabric of silk and worsted used for ladies' dresses.
Typed by Dewey
Examples
- On October 1 Challis heard that the German observer had anticipated him. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Among the three hundred stars observed Challis was struck by the appearance of one which presented a disk and shone with the brightness of a star of the eighth magnitude. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He accordingly wrote to Professor Challis, July 9, requesting him to employ for the purpose the great Northumberland equatorial of the Cambridge Observatory. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Challis was kindly, but wanting in initiative. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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