An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DAMASKIN
Etymology
Noun
damaskin (plural damaskins)
(obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
Verb
damaskin (third-person singular simple present damaskins, present participle damaskining, simple past and past participle damaskined)
Alternative form of damascene
Anagrams
• maskandi
Source: Wiktionary
Dam"as*kin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen.]
Definition: A sword of Damask steel. No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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