chams
plural of cham
• HMACs, chasm
Source: Wiktionary
Cham, v. t. Etym: [See Chap.]
Definition: To chew. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. More.
Cham, n. Etym: [See Khan.]
Definition: The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
