worship.”—Firishta, quoted by Quatremère, Not. et Ext., xiv. 510.
1673.—“The Natives chew it (Betel)
with Chinam (Lime of calcined Oyster Shells).”—Fryer, 40.
1687.—“That stores of Brick, Iron, Stones,
and Chenam be in readiness to make up any breach.”—Madras Consultations, in Wheeler, i. 168.
1689.—“Chinam
is Lime made of Cockle-shells, or Lime-stone; and Pawn is the Leaf of a Tree.”—Orington,
123.
1750–60.—“The flooring is generally composed of a kind of loam or stucco, called chunam, being a
lime made of burnt shells.”—Grose, i. 52.
1763.—“In the Chuckleh of Silet for the space of five years…my
phoasdar and the Company’s gomastah shall jointly prepare chunam, of which each shall defray all
expenses, and half the chunam so made shall be given to the Company, and the other half shall be for
my use.”—Treaty of Mir Jaffir with the Company, in Carraccioli’s L. of Clice, i. 64.
1809.—“The row of
chunam pillars which supported each side…were of a shining white.”—Ld. Valentia, i. 61.