The Dalles
A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
• Edsall, ladles
dalles
(pluralonly) The rapids in a deep, narrow stream confined between the rock walls of a canyon or gorge.
(pluralonly) A steep-sided part of a stream channel, near the dalles proper, marked by clefts, ravines, or gorges.
• Edsall, ladles
Source: Wiktionary
Dalles (dalz), n. pl. [F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough.]
Definition: A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]
The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia. F. H. Balch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
