disked
simple past tense and past participle of disk
Source: Wiktionary
Disk, n. Etym: [L. discus, Gr. Dish.] [Written also disc.]
1. A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope.
2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.
4. (Biol.)
Definition: A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
6. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes. Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.
РDisk shell (Zo̦l.), any species of Discina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
