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.
KENTLEDGE
Etymology
Noun
kentledge (countable and uncountable, plural kentledges)
(nautical) Weights (often scrap or pig iron) used as permanent ballast on ships.
A system of weights (usually concrete or cast-iron blocks) used for load-testing piled foundations.
Source: Wiktionary
Kent"ledge, n. Etym: [OF. cant edge, corner, D.kant. See Cant edge, angle.] (Naut.)
Definition: Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also kintlidge.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
21 December 2024
COYOTE
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
Coffee Trivia
