cha

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. ]

n. (Zool.) The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a white wine resembling Chablis{ 1 }, but made elsewhere, as in California. [ PJC ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Hind. chābuk horsewhip. ] A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 3d Chase, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pursue. See Chase v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; it uses two slow steps followed by three quick small steps, with swaying movements of the hips, and has many variations of movements based on that rhythm.
Syn. -- cha-cha. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. same as cha-cha.
Syn. -- cha-cha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry. ] (Zool.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [ written also chiacalaca. ] [ 1913 Webster ]