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.
HAMBLE
Etymology
Verb
hamble (third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled)
(obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
(transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
(intransitive) To walk lame; limp.
Anagrams
• mahleb
Proper noun
Hamble
A river in Hampshire, England.
Anagrams
• mahleb
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"ble, v. t. Etym: [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamal to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Ham to fetter.]
Definition: To hamstring. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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