chaa

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chaa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cha \Cha\ (ch[aum]), n. [Chin. ch`a.] [Also chaa, chais,
     tsia, etc.]
     Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early
     works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in
     Central Asia.
  
           A pot with hot water . . . made with the powder of a
           certain herb called chaa, which is much esteemed. --Tr.
                                                    J. Van
                                                    Linschoten's
                                                    Voyages
                                                    (1598).
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]