FETTLER

Etymology

Noun

fettler (plural fettlers)

A person who maintains railway lines.

Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.

(by extension) Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.

(slang, UK, Lancashire) A friend or mate

(mining, historical) An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.

Source: Wiktionary



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27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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