dysodile (usually uncountable, plural dysodiles)
(mineral) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly foetid odour when burning.
Source: Wiktionary
Dys"o*dile, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Definition: An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
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.
