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Webster 1913 Edition


Chunam

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Chu-nam′

(choō-năm′)
,
Noun.
[Hind.
chūnā
, from Skr.
cūrṇa
powder, dust; or a Dravidian word.]
Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar.
[India]
Whitworth.