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.
CAPILLARY
capillary, hairlike
(adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter; “a capillary tube”
capillary
(adjective) of or relating to hair
capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing
(noun) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
capillary, capillary vessel
(noun) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
capillary (comparative more capillary, superlative most capillary)
of or pertaining to hair.
pertaining to a narrow tube.
of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
Noun
capillary (plural capillaries)
A narrow tube.
(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins.
Source: Wiktionary
Cap"il*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.]
1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction.
– Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.
Cap"il*la*ry, n.; pl., Capillaries (.
1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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