quirt
(noun) whip with a leather thong at the end
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quirt (plural quirts)
A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
quirt (third-person singular simple present quirts, present participle quirting, simple past and past participle quirted)
To strike with a quirt.
• (to whip or scourge): whip
Source: Wiktionary
Quirt, n.
Definition: A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide T. Roosevelt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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.
