Definitions for: Cha

Webster (1913) Definition: 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).