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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

chaly

challis

, a stuff made of goat’s hair.]

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.

[Written also

chally

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Challis

An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from Eschalle in Pas-de-Calais, France.
A city in Idaho

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challis ‎(uncountable)