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.
OUTLAID
OUTLAY
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
outlaid
simple past tense and past participle of outlay
Anagrams
• dialout, laid out
Source: Wiktionary
OUTLAY
Out*lay", v. t.
Definition: To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] Drayton.
Out"lay`, n.
1. A laying out or expending.
2. That which is expended; expenditure.
3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
OUTLIE
Out*lie", v. t.
Definition: To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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