The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
BLUEBILLS
Noun
bluebills
plural of bluebill
Source: Wiktionary
BLUEBILL
Blue"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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