Piers
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
A surname.
• Revived as a given name in the twentieth century, mainly in the UK.
• Peris, Speir, Spier, peris, pries, prise, resip, ripes, spier, spire
piers
plural of pier
• Peris, Speir, Spier, peris, pries, prise, resip, ripes, spier, spire
Source: Wiktionary
Pier, n. Etym: [OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. Petrify.]
1. (Arch.) (a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings. (b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.
2. A projecting wharf or landing place. Abutment pier, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch.
– Pier glass, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put up between windows.
– Pier table, a table made to stand between windows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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.
