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.
LICHES
Noun
liches
plural of lich
Anagrams
• Schlei, chiels, chiles, chisel, elchis, lechis, sichel
Source: Wiktionary
LICH
Lich, a.
Definition: Like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Lich, n. Etym: [AS.lic body. See Like, a.]
Definition: A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] Lich fowl (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also lich owl.
– Lich gate, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
– Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] Chaucer.
– Lich wall, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
– Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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