paraph
(noun) a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
paraph (plural paraphs)
A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.
paraph (third-person singular simple present paraphs, present participle paraphing, simple past and past participle paraphed)
(transitive) To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"aph, n. Etym: [F. paraphe, parafe, contr. fr. paragraphe.]
Definition: A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery. Brande & C.
Par"aph, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraphed; p. pr. & vb. n. Paraphing.] Etym: [Cf. F. parapher, parafer.]
Definition: To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
