The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
DOWEL
dowel, dowel pin, joggle
(noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dowel (plural dowels)
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
Coordinate terms
• (pin or block of wood or metal): spline, biscuit, tenon
• (construction): anchor, screw anchor (US); wall plug (UK).
Verb
dowel (third-person singular simple present dowels, present participle doweling or dowelling, simple past and past participle doweled or dowelled)
(transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
(transitive) To furnish with dowels.
Anagrams
• dowle, lowed, owled, wolde
Source: Wiktionary
Dow"el, n. Etym: [Cf. G. döbel peg, F. douelle state of a cask, surface of an arch, douille socket, little pipe, cartridge.] (Mech.)
1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
2. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it. Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels.
– Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n.,
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Dow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doweled or Dowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doweling or Dowelling.]
Definition: To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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