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Webster 1913 Edition

Chalder

{

Chal′drich

,

Chal′der

, }

Noun.

[Icel.

tjaldr

.]

(Zool.)

A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chalder

CHALDER

,

Noun.

A measure of coals consisting of thirty six bushels.

Definition 2024

chalder

chalder

English

Noun

chalder ‎(plural chalders)

An old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.

Scots

Etymology

From Norn, from Old Norse tjaldr; compare Icelandic tjaldur m and Faroese tjaldur n.

Noun

chalder ‎(plural chalders)

(archaic, Orcadian) oystercatcher