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.
SCRAT
Etymology 1
Verb
scrat (third-person singular simple present scrats, present participle scratting, simple past and past participle scratted)
(obsolete) To scratch, to use one's nails or claws.
(obsolete, UK) To rake; to search.
Etymology 2
Noun
scrat (plural scrats)
(obsolete) A hermaphrodite.
Etymology 3
Noun
scrat (plural scrats)
(obsolete) A devil.
Anagrams
• C-rats, CARTs, Carts, SCART, carts, crats, scart
Source: Wiktionary
Scrat, v. t. Etym: [OE. scratten. Cf. Scratch.]
Definition: To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.
Scrat, v. i.
Definition: To rake; to search. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Scrat, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.]
Definition: An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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