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.
HOUNDS
Noun
hounds
plural of hound
Verb
hounds
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hound
Anagrams
• Duhons, Hudons, Hudson, unshod
Source: Wiktionary
HOUND
Hound, n. Etym: [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. çvan. sq. root229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak.
2. A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A houndfish.
4. pl. (Naut.)
Definition: Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.
Hound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hounding.]
1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall.
2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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