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.
ROUST
Etymology
Verb
roust (third-person singular simple present rousts, present participle rousting, simple past and past participle rousted)
(transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse
To harass, to treat in a rough way.
(transitive, slang) to arrest
(transitive) to drive strongly
Synonyms
• (rout out of bed): bring round, knock up; see also awaken
• (arrest): collar, nick, pinch
Noun
roust (plural rousts)
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
Synonyms
• roost, rost
Anagrams
• Rusto, Stour, Tours, routs, stour, sutor, torus, tours
Source: Wiktionary
Roust (roust), v. t.
Definition: To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Roust, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. röst an estuary.]
Definition: A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost, and roost.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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