doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
(noun) someone who guards an entrance
doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius
(noun) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ostiary (plural ostiaries)
The mouth of a river; an estuary.
One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
Source: Wiktionary
Os"ti*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher.]
1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. N. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 January 2025
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
