An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PEISE
Etymology
Verb
peise (third-person singular simple present peises, present participle peising, simple past and past participle peised)
(obsolete) To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise.
(obsolete, figuratively) To weigh or take the measure of (an immaterial object).
(obsolete, figuratively) To weigh down, retard
Noun
peise (plural peises)
(obsolete) A weight; a poise.
• [date?], Piers Plowman
(obsolete) A heavy blow, an impact.
Source: Wiktionary
Peise, n. Etym: [See Poise.]
Definition: A weight; a poise. [Obs.] "To weigh pence with a peise." Piers Plowman.
Peise, v. t.
Definition: To poise or weight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Lest leaden slumber peise me down. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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