Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chinese \Chi"nese"\, a.
   Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

   {Chinese paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.

   {Chinese wax}, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from
      China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of
      the family {Coccid[ae]} especially {Coccus Sinensis}.