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.
EMBANK
embank
(verb) enclose with banks, as for support or protection; “The river was embanked with a dyke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
embank (third-person singular simple present embanks, present participle embanking, simple past and past participle embanked)
to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bank", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.]
Definition: To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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