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.
KIPPERED
Verb
kippered
simple past tense and past participle of kipper
Source: Wiktionary
KIPPER
Kip"per, n. Etym: [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A salmon after spawning.
2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.] Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
Kip"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kippered; p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering.]
Definition: To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.
Kip"per, a.
Definition: Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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