Chi"ca (?), n. [Sp.]
A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
2.
A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
3.
A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
© Webster 1913.