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.
FERRIES
Noun
ferries
plural of ferry
Verb
ferries
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ferry
Anagrams
• Freires, refires, refries
Proper noun
Ferries
plural of Ferrie
Anagrams
• Freires, refires, refries
Source: Wiktionary
FERRY
Fer"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried; p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] Etym: [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.]
Definition: To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.
Fer"ry, v. i.
Definition: To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. Milton.
Fer"ry, n.; pl. Ferries. Etym: [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. färja, Dan. færge, G. fähre. See Ferry, v. t.]
1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. It can pass the ferry backward into light. Milton. To row me o'er the ferry. Campbell.
2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.
– Ferry railway. See under Railway.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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