crampfish (plural crampfishes)
The torpedo, or electric ray, whose touch gives an electric shock.
Source: Wiktionary
Cramp"fish` (krmp"fsh`), n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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.
