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.
KERF
Etymology
Noun
kerf (plural kerfs)
(now, rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
The distance between diverging saw teeth.
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
The portion or quantity (e.g. of hay, turf, wool, etc.) cut off in a given stroke.
Verb
kerf (third-person singular simple present kerfs, present participle kerfing, simple past and past participle kerfed)
To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
Anagrams
• f**ker, ferk
Source: Wiktionary
Kerf, n. Etym: [AS. cyrf a cutting off, fr. ceorfan to cut, carve. See Carve.]
Definition: A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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