“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
BISMER
Bi*smare", Bi*smer", n. Etym: [AS. bismer.]
Definition: Shame; abuse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bis"mer, n.
1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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