8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U. S.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under Challenge, n.
Chal"lenge, v. i. To assert a right; to claim a place.
Where nature doth with merit challenge.
Shak.
Chal"lenge*a*ble (?), a. That may be challenged.
Chal"len*ger (?), n. One who challenges.
Chal"lis (?), n. [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.]
Cha"lon (?), n. A bed blanket. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cha*lyb"e*an (?), a. [L. chalybe´us, fr. chalybs steel, Gr. &?;.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.